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glboisvert t1_ja0dleq wrote

Reply to comment by yesiambear in Anyone else getting a bigger State refund than normal? by yesiambear

Did you itemize your deductions this year? VA requires you to take the state standard deduction if you took the federal standard deduction, but the state standard deduction is very small. If you itemized this year, that might have increased your deductions by $10k+ over the standard deduction and led to a higher refund.

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RVAblues t1_ja0gz34 wrote

The state standard deduction went up a lot this year.

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glboisvert t1_ja0i9j9 wrote

I missed that, thanks! The increase in the standard deduction alone would decrease OP's taxes by $371 if OP is filing as a married couple - that could explain a good portion of the increase.

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yesiambear OP t1_ja1amrv wrote

That definitely seems to jive with the way we filed. I appreciate everyone's comments! Glad to know I didn't make some typo. Just always trying to avoid that audit

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yesiambear OP t1_ja0fkvk wrote

Nah, we always do the standard. That is interesting to know though!

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