If my state taxes withheld are not appearing on my itemized deductions (Schedule A) how can I fix my itemized deductions?

[SweetieJean]

Are sales tax appearing instead?

[SweetieJean]

or are your Property taxes more than $10,000?

[brendanhpierce]

no.  That is not the issue,  I am not getting my state taxes paid as an itemized deduction on my federal return (Schedule A).  Can not find a way to manually enter or even to "game" the software to get it added.  Any thoughts?

[BurakG]

Turbotax compares standard and itemized deduction and gives you the higher of the two. 

You can check your itemized deductions information using these steps 

To get to schedule A:

• Click on Search at the top of your screen
• Enter "Itemized deductions" in the search box 
• The first link that comes up should by Jump to itemized deductions - click on this link
  

You can also force turbotax to choose itemized deduction over standard deduction (vice versa) using the following steps:

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