topic Sometimes you benefit from itemizing on the state return... in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

I am tKing standard deduction for married filing jointly. I do not want to itemize. How can I proceed?

winningsteps — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:55:47 GMT

If you enter itemized deductions, and they are lower than...

DDollar — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:55:48 GMT

If you enter itemized deductions, and they are lower than the Standard Deduction, then the program will default to the Standard Deduction (although you will be asked if you want to use itemized deductions anyway). If you don't want to enter those deductions, you can just skip the Mortgage Interest, Property Tax, Personal Property Tax, Charitable Contributions, etc. You should note, you could pay less in State income tax in some states by entering your itemized deductions, even though you use the Standard Deduction for Federal.

Sometimes you benefit from itemizing on the state return...

Bsch4477 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:55:48 GMT

Sometimes you benefit from itemizing on the state return even though you use the standard deduction on Federal. If you report the itemized deductions the program will figure that out for you automatically.

No state taxes in NH. Problem it is forcing me to itemize...

winningsteps — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:55:49 GMT

No state taxes in NH. Problem it is forcing me to itemize and I dont want to. Its a loop.

Return to the Deductions & Credits section. Scroll down...

DDollar — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:55:51 GMT

Return to the Deductions & Credits section. Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Wrap up tax breaks". Towards the end of the interview you will come to a screen that says "You've Chosen Itemized Deductions". Click on the button to switch to "Federal standard deduction....". I've added a screen shot of that page.