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Deductible home mortgage interest bug?

My deductible home mortgage interest was calculated to be $35215 in the worksheet.  However, the TurboTax Deluxe had decided that I should take standard deduction of $24400, despite the total itemized deduction is much higher than this.  This will happen when I clicked "continue" after the question "do any of these sutuations apply to you? you may need to limit the deductible mortgage interest...".  If I just save at this point without clicking "continue", I will be able to use itemized deduction.  This seemed to be a serious bug.   Can someone please confirm?

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Deductible home mortgage interest bug?

For desktop versions:

  • In Forms view, locate and click on Tax & Int Wks on the left from the forms list
  • On the form, scroll to Mortgage Interest Limited Smart Worksheet
  • Click on NO to the right of the question, Does your mortgage interest need to be limited

For online versions:

  • Under Deductions & Credits, expand the menu for Your Home
  • Click Start/Revisit next to Mortgage Interest and Refinancing (Form 1098)
  • Click through until you get to a screen that says Do any of these situations apply to you? Mark Yes.
  • On the next screen, take out the zero.
  • Click back and choose No.

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