Taxes

Turbo tax will calculate your return using both methods. Those being, standard deductions and itemized deductions. It will then eventually file using which ever one is best for you; although I do believe it will give you the option to pick which one you want. Keep using the program until you get to the very end and see what the total is. It's normal for you're refund to change as you keep entering more data. It's the final result that is important, not the figures that keep changing because you haven't entered all the data that is needed for a completed, acurate return. Hope that helps.

I would keep going and see if it changes. It seems weird, I know, but maybe somewhere it will pick it back up. If you are not going to itemize, I would not enter it if it makes that much difference. Maybe it is trying to figure out which way you should go.