topic Doing my 2018 taxes. Everything pretty much the same except the program is ignoring my itemized mortgage interest and substituting the standard deduction. Any idea why? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/doing-my-2018-taxes-everything-pretty-much-the-same-except-the-program-is-ignoring-my-itemized/01/146853#M19743 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:35:59 GMT peakeke 2019-06-01T07:35:59Z Doing my 2018 taxes. Everything pretty much the same except the program is ignoring my itemized mortgage interest and substituting the standard deduction. Any idea why? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/doing-my-2018-taxes-everything-pretty-much-the-same-except-the-program-is-ignoring-my-itemized/01/146853#M19743 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:35:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/doing-my-2018-taxes-everything-pretty-much-the-same-except-the-program-is-ignoring-my-itemized/01/146853#M19743 peakeke 2019-06-01T07:35:59Z One of the biggest changes the new tax law brings is a ne... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/one-of-the-biggest-changes-the-new-tax-law-brings-is-a-ne/01/146858#M19744 <P>One of the biggest changes the new tax law brings is a near doubling of the standard deduction to $12,000 on single returns, $18,000 for head-of-household filers and $24,000 on joint returns ... up from $6,350, $9,350 and $12,700 in 2017. Individuals age 65 or older and blind people continue to get an additional standard deduction of $1,300 more per person ($1,600 if unmarried).<BR /></P><P>Your standard deduction is higher than your itemized deductions so TurboTax switched to the standard deduction for the marital status you are in to get you a better refund or to reduce the tax you owe.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:35:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/one-of-the-biggest-changes-the-new-tax-law-brings-is-a-ne/01/146858#M19744 CynthiaR 2019-06-01T07:35:59Z