I understand that Virginia hasn't updated its tax code in response to Federal changes for 2018, and that's why taking the standard deduction is so costly in Virginia on the Federal return (which forces it on the Virginia return). What I want to know is whether TurboTax looked ahead to determine that OVERALL the Standard Deduction would be better for Federal and Virginia COMBINED before deciding, based on Federal alone, that the standard deduction should be used. It might be possible, in some cases, that choosing to itemize on both would bring a better total result. The itemization would have to come close to the standard deduction on the Federal return because of the higher federal tax rate. But...just in case... does TurboTax analyze this question before deciding?
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I cannot say with certainty, but based on the fact that the Federal choice between itemized deductions and the standard deduction is made prior to you completing the state tax return, it is very unlikely that the program will take into account the combined Federal and state returns to advise you whether itemized deductions or the standard deduction is best.
You would need to go back to your Federal return and change your deduction from standard to itemized or vice versa, then revisit your state return and make the comparisons yourself.
I cannot say with certainty, but based on the fact that the Federal choice between itemized deductions and the standard deduction is made prior to you completing the state tax return, it is very unlikely that the program will take into account the combined Federal and state returns to advise you whether itemized deductions or the standard deduction is best.
You would need to go back to your Federal return and change your deduction from standard to itemized or vice versa, then revisit your state return and make the comparisons yourself.
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