topic Why does it say I should take the standard deductions when the total of my morgage, state and local taxes and contributions exceed the standard deduction? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-does-it-say-i-should-take-the-standard-deductions-when-the-total-of-my-morgage-state-and-local/01/419410#M172863 <P>My mortgage interest is 25,000, contributions are 7,000 and I thought that state and local taxes are capped at 10,000.&nbsp; That totals 42,000.&nbsp; Why does TurboTax select the standard deduction of 26,000?</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:04:58 GMT maketraveleasy 2019-06-04T21:04:58Z Why does it say I should take the standard deductions when the total of my morgage, state and local taxes and contributions exceed the standard deduction? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-does-it-say-i-should-take-the-standard-deductions-when-the-total-of-my-morgage-state-and-local/01/419410#M172863 <P>My mortgage interest is 25,000, contributions are 7,000 and I thought that state and local taxes are capped at 10,000.&nbsp; That totals 42,000.&nbsp; Why does TurboTax select the standard deduction of 26,000?</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:04:58 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-does-it-say-i-should-take-the-standard-deductions-when-the-total-of-my-morgage-state-and-local/01/419410#M172863 maketraveleasy 2019-06-04T21:04:58Z Be sure to indicate that the Mortgage is secured by the p... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/be-sure-to-indicate-that-the-mortgage-is-secured-by-the-p/01/419418#M172867 <P>Be sure to indicate that the Mortgage is secured by the property.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:05:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/be-sure-to-indicate-that-the-mortgage-is-secured-by-the-p/01/419418#M172867 SweetieJean 2019-06-04T21:05:00Z