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Question about filing my taxes.

I’m doing my taxes by myself for the first time this year, usually my parents would help me, but I’m trying it for myself. I’m using H&R Block and I have everything in correctly, I am just not sure if I should use the standard or itemized deduction. Like, I made less than the standard deduction and if I used that it says I should get back over 200 dollars, which I feel is wrong. With the itemized, it says I should get back 30 which is about what I got back last year, so do any of y’all know which I should put? I feel itemized is the one, but I’m unsure and can’t contact the IRS office till tomorrow to ask them.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (34 minutes after post)

Whichever costs you less money. With itemized deductions, you have to be able to justify the deduction if you are audited. I’ve never itemized.

The online communities based on the software products are usually pretty smart. Give them a try sometime.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (2 hours, 35 minutes after post)

As I recall, itemized is if you own a house.

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