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I have Turbotax Home & Business. I've used standard deduction for my federal return and want to itemize for my state but it skips over this option. How do I change it?

fernguyen — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:45:45 GMT

What state?

IreneS — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:45:46 GMT

What state?

Hawaii :)

fernguyen — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:45:48 GMT

Hawaii 🙂

You must enter your deductions on the federal side of the...

IreneS — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:45:49 GMT

You must enter your deductions on the federal side of the return by clicking on Federal Taxes > Deductions & Credits.

Once you enter the deductions, TurboTax will automatically figure which is more advantageous for you on your Hawaii return--standard or itemized deductions.

You can see which option was selected by looking at Form N-11 in Forms Mode. To do this

Click on the Forms icon on the top right of your screen. [Screenshot #1, below.]
Find Form N-11 in the Forms in My Return list on your left. Click on it to open. [Screenshot #2]
Scroll down to lines 21-24. You should see your itemized deductions on line 21a-f.

I think there may be a glitch b/c a quick manual calculat...

fernguyen — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:45:51 GMT

I think there may be a glitch b/c a quick manual calculation, my state itemized deduction is higher than the standard - same as last year. Was on the phone w/ customer service and I had to send my taxes to TT Techs to check the diagnostics b/c they couldn't figure it out either... we'll figure it out hopefully sooner than later. Ty though! 🙂

Re: You must enter your deductions on the federal side of the...

alkinea — Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:33 GMT

Hi,

I have a similar issue. Turbotax doesn't offer me the choice to try itemized deductions on the HI taxes, and when I see the form (lines 21-22) they are empty. I tried other suggestions, like forcing the federal to use itemized, but it doesn't change anything on the state side.
Last year it did work automatically.

Thanks