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THE MUST ITEMIZE INDICATOR REQUIRES THE FILING STATUS BE MARRIED FILING SEPARATE

..................Electing to Itemize when the return is Married Filing Joint: Go to Screen 25, Itemized Deductions...............Go to the General Information section Enter a '2' in the field, 1=must itemize, 2=elect to itemize, 3=force standard deduction [O] The elect to itemize will make an indication next to line 40 of the 1040 indicating they are electing the lower deduction of "IE"

[The-Tax-Lady]

What are you asking? Itemized deductions have to be greater than the standard deduction for MFJ. Complete Schedule A and if you want to force Itemized deductions that are less than the standard deduction, check the box on the Federal Info Worksheet.