How do I take the standard deduction without going thru the extensive "interview" questions.

[Santa-Rosa]

In turbotax

[xmasbaby0]

If you want to skip entering your itemized deductions you can do that.  Many people will not have enough itemized deductions this year to itemize, and will just be getting their new higher standard deduction.  The thing is, though, that some of those deductions could make a difference on a state return even if they do not affect your federal return.  Information flows from your federal return to your state return, so it might not be a bad idea to go ahead and enter them anyhow.  It cannot hurt you.

The following states allow you to itemize deductions on just the state return: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin, 

[JillS56]

To force the standard deduction without going through all the questions:

Sign into your TurboTax account > Click Tax Tools from the left-side menu.  Select Tools from the drop-down menu.  Click Topic Search, type Standard Deduction and click Go