Can I take the standard deduction for federal and itemize New York state for 2018?

[passingham142]

Thank you! Yes I had the same experience after I paid. With the limitation the New York standard deduction was correct.

[jayneway]

You can see the NYS form 196. Go to the top left black bar, under view click dropdown, click on forms. on the left you will see forms on my return. Just above this you will see open form, click this on. there will be a + box next to 2018 New York. click on this New York + box, a drop down of NYS forms will appear. scroll down to form IT-196, click to highlight and then click the bottom light blue box that says OPEN FORM. Now it should appear. Scroll or  print this form IT-196 to understand and review amounts and calculations to see if you should take the Standard or Itemized deduction for 2018 NYS. If the program calculates that the NYS itemized deduction is more beneficial for you, your NY tax return will X the itemized deduction box.

[tapantera]

Why didint Turbo Tax create New York State Form IT-196 even though I itemized deductions?

[rjs]

@tapantera - Please post a new separate question of your own. You posted to a 6-month old thread with a number of different people discussing different problems. It's too confusing. (And you posted your question as an ANSWER to the original question from 6 months ago, which it's not.)

When you post your own question, be sure to indicate whether you are using TurboTax Online or the CD/Download TurboTax software, and which edition you are using (Deluxe, Premier, etc.).

[3923899]

when I filed my tax return on Turbo Tax last year for 2018, turbo tax did not give me the option to itemize for the state after using the standard deduction for federal.  It could possibly be that I filed prior to the state law change allowing this.  How do I do an amended state return to fix this?

[DMarkM1]

You can amend your state return to make the changes in deductions.  

You won't be able to amend your return in TurboTax Online or on a mobile device. You'll have to install the TurboTax download software on your computer.

1. Sign in at Turbotax.com with the user ID you used when you filed your 2018 return. 
2. Select Show next to Your tax returns & documents.
3. Select Download .tax fIle. You'll need this to amend your return.
   • If you don't have access to your tax return, you'll need to pay for access before you can download your .tax file.
4. Once you've got your .tax file, select 2018, and then select Amend (change) 2018 return.
5. In the expanded instructions, select download TurboTax Desktop 2018.
6. Install the TurboTax 2018 software.
   • Windows instructions
   • Mac instructions
7. Now open your .tax file in the TurboTax 2018 software by choosing File and then Open Tax Return (Windows) or TurboTax and then Open Tax Return (Mac). Browse to the location of your tax file and select Open.
8. You're ready to amend your 2018 return. Follow these instructions.