topic My new wife said she is not going to itemize so now I don’t want to itemize we are filing separately will turbo tax advise in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-new-wife-said-she-is-not-going-to-itemize-so-now-i-don-t-want-to-itemize-we-are-filing-separately/01/147469#M61138 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:38:31 GMT d8gonzales 2019-06-01T07:38:31Z My new wife said she is not going to itemize so now I don’t want to itemize we are filing separately will turbo tax advise https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-new-wife-said-she-is-not-going-to-itemize-so-now-i-don-t-want-to-itemize-we-are-filing-separately/01/147469#M61138 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:38:31 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-new-wife-said-she-is-not-going-to-itemize-so-now-i-don-t-want-to-itemize-we-are-filing-separately/01/147469#M61138 d8gonzales 2019-06-01T07:38:31Z The TurboTax program will recommend the standard deductio... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-turbotax-program-will-recommend-the-standard-deductio/01/147470#M61139 <P>The TurboTax program will recommend the standard deduction or the itemized deduction. It may not be a good for you to itemize deductions since you are filing as married filing separately as your wife will be required to itemize her deductions (even if she has no deductions).<BR /></P><P>In most cases it is better to file using the married filing joint filing status. Please view the TurboTax FAQ below for more information about choosing a filing status. It includes a link for you to compare which filing status would benefit you more. <BR /></P><P> <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288477" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288477</A> <BR /> </P><BR /> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:38:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-turbotax-program-will-recommend-the-standard-deductio/01/147470#M61139 KatrinaB 2019-06-01T07:38:32Z