 Income tax 2021-2022. Taxes you paid, part two. Get ready to get refunds to the max. Dive in into income tax 2021-2022. Most of this information can be found on the Schedule A Instructions Tax Year 2021 found on the IRS website at irs.gov irs.gov. Looking at the income tax formula focused on the itemized deductions keeping them distinct in our mind from the adjustments to income which you might hear called the above the line deductions. The deductions for adjusted gross income, the Schedule 1 deductions. Anytime we think about the itemized deductions we're comparing and contrasting them to the standard deductions to see which is larger taking the one which is larger. That would mean we would only take the itemized deductions if greater than the standard deductions. Page 1 of the Form 1040, looking at Line 12A, the standard deductions or itemized deductions here. We're looking at then the Schedule A which would be included if itemizing the list of itemized deductions on the left-hand side total of the Schedule A then if larger than the standard deductions flowing through back up to Page 1 Form 1040 Line 12A. These are going to be the standard deductions that you want to have a general idea of in your mind so that you can basically answer questions and run through different scenarios just basically in general depending on whether someone is going to be itemizing or taking the standard deductions. So we're continuing on with the state and local taxes. So state and local general sales tax. If you elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes instead of income taxes. So remember we have that either or. And this was a debate or kind of a fight that happened in the law of wild bite. We want to take the actual deduction versus letting the tables do the calculation and then from there rely to some degree generally on the software to help you out once you've got the general strategy that you're putting into place.