topic Can I itemize my deductions if I am married filing separately and spouse is foreign and will not file in US? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-itemize-my-deductions-if-i-am-married-filing-separately-and-spouse-is-foreign-and-will-not/01/400477#M165387 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:57:31 GMT wszimmerman 2019-06-04T19:57:31Z Can I itemize my deductions if I am married filing separately and spouse is foreign and will not file in US? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-itemize-my-deductions-if-i-am-married-filing-separately-and-spouse-is-foreign-and-will-not/01/400477#M165387 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:57:31 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-itemize-my-deductions-if-i-am-married-filing-separately-and-spouse-is-foreign-and-will-not/01/400477#M165387 wszimmerman 2019-06-04T19:57:31Z You always have the option of itemizing with the MFS stat... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-always-have-the-option-of-itemizing-with-the-mfs-stat/01/400488#M165394 <P>You always have the option of itemizing with the MFS status, as long as the expenses were paid by you. The only problem would be that if you itemize, he would lose his standard deduction and be required to itemize any expense he could.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:57:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-always-have-the-option-of-itemizing-with-the-mfs-stat/01/400488#M165394 Coleen3 2019-06-04T19:57:32Z