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[ahy-tuh-mahyz] / ˈaɪ təˌmaɪz /


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Nelson and Christy Matzen knew they were going to itemize in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

You want to itemize this year when you took the standard deduction last year?

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

This deduction applies whether or not you itemize.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

They are available both to taxpayers who take the standard deduction and those who itemize their deductions.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

When Deborah officially divorced Pullum in 2006, she had to itemize her income as part of a request for the judge to waive her filing fee.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Further, regardless of whether one itemizes or uses the standard deduction, an additional $6,000 deduction is available to many taxpayers over 65.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

It would help any taxpayer who itemizes deductions when filing federal income taxes, especially a homeowner who pays property levies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2024

It identifies when we lift a product from a shelf, freezer or produce bin, automatically itemizes the goods and charges us when we leave the store.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2022

These dual conflicts with her parent and within herself often materialize in the text as surreal flights of passive aggression—she carefully itemizes offenses against her and then pointedly refuses to condemn them.

From The New Yorker Sep. 6, 2018

One of the most detailed such lists that has been preserved is one that itemizes the cargo sent in the ship, Supply, which left England in September, 1620, bound for Berkeley Hundred.

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch

Please provide an itemized list of all costs I will incur, including underlying fund fees and expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

If all of the expenses you could use as itemized deductions — other than the mortgage interest — totaled $20,000, the first $15,500 in mortgage interest paid does nothing to reduce your taxable income.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

It’s part of the broader “office” category, and to find the data-center expenditure, there’s a separate set of itemized data called value put in place.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

The client gave up his campaign after Schwartz presented him with an itemized bill as a gentle suggestion that he direct his resources elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Mrs. Reilly took the sheet of paper and read the typed column of itemized figures beneath the contractor’s letterhead.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

I’ve found myself calculating the social risk, itemizing what would work in our favor.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2026

As a result, many taxpayers, especially those who live in a high-tax state or have a lot of mortgage interest, will be better off itemizing instead of taking the standard deduction this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

That could include income from several sources, multiple tax breaks and possible itemizing.

From MarketWatch Jan. 20, 2026

If you claim the standard deduction instead of itemizing, there’s good news: Starting next year, you can snag a charitable deduction for cash gifts on top of the standard deduction for the first time.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

I first gave a general overview of my travels, itemizing the money we had received and the offers of training.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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