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How do I change my spouse's deductions to standard?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
October 18, 2022
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Can't figure out why Turbotax thinks my spouse is itemizing deductions, he's not. How do I change this so that it shows (correctly) that my husband is taking the standard deduction?

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Are you filing separate returns? When you file that way, both spouses have to file the same way. If one spouse itemizes the other one has to itemize too, even if it does not get desirable results. That is one of the pitfalls of married filing separately. If you used standard deduction on your own return, then your spouse can use standard deduction.

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