@DoninGA wrote:
The total of all your itemized deductions on Schedule A must be greater than $15,700 to have any tax benefit.
If you have $10,000 of SALT, but don't also have at least $5700 of charity donations, mortgage interest, or allowable medical expenses (over the 7.5% threshold) then your itemized deductions would be less than the standard, even with the SALT deduction of $10k.
