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rodney-brainard — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:13:03 GMT

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

Mike9241 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:24:10 GMT

about the only way a standard deduction would get rejected is you are married filing separate and you indicated the other spouse was itemizing. there could be other reasons. we can't see your return

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Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:24:48 GMT

Are you filing married filing separately? If you are filing MFS and your spouse itemized then you are also required to itemize, even if it is a disadvantage for you.

Otherwise, what is the rejection message you are getting?

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on d...

JohnB5677 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:28:04 GMT

No, do not try to take Itemized Deductions. Something else is amiss.

Please clarify this by letting us know exactly what the rejection statement said.

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

rodney-brainard — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:39:39 GMT

Single. 2 - W2s and basic office expenses. That's it. Rejection = The e-File database indicates that Form 8962 or a binary attachment with description containing "ACA Explanation" must be present in the return.

I think I figured it out. TT wasn't saving my 1095-E info? Had to re-enter that form's info... ??

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:43:37 GMT

What office expenses? If you are a W-2 employee you cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return.

If you are getting an error or rejection for 8962 that is for having a 1095A for marketplace insurance that you were supposed to enter.

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

rodney-brainard — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:45:24 GMT

Even though said work was/is 100% remote and requires use of my own equipment? PC, peripherals, desk, office chair, etc. Things I would not have purchased otherwise.

Re: I made less than $7k in taxable income. The standard deduction is $12,550 and I spent $0 on deductions last year. Do I itemize regardless?? Std. deduction gets rejected.

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:04:33 GMT

Sorry---W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return. Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond. Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4482873-which-federal-tax-deductions-have-been-suspended-by-tax-reform