User found that FreeTaxUSA automatically includes Paid Family Medical Leave amounts in itemized deductions, while other software does not. They suggest this should be a feature in other tax software as well.
I am married filing jointly and will be itemizing our deductions for the year, given we bought our home in the last couple of years at a high interest rate. I ran our taxes through TurboTax, H&R Block, and FreeTaxUSA - TurboTax and H&R Block both matched exactly, calculating our itemized deductions as $69,108, made up of: * $47,168 - Interest Paid on Mortgage * $21,840 - Taxes Paid (including $4,748 real estate taxes on our home, $80 motor vehicle excise tax, and $17,012 on state taxes withheld from our W2) * $100 - Charity Donations FreeTax USA includes all the above, but it also includes the Box 14 amount on our W2 for state of Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave act amounts automatically withheld in our paychecks of $1,032. From my [research in the guidance](https://taxnews.ey.com/news/2025-0297-irs-releases-guidance-on-tax-treatment-of-state-paid-family-and-medical-leave-contributions-and-benefits?utm_source=chatgpt.com) (Situation 1 in article linked), I understand that these amounts can be included in itemized deductions, so long as we do not exceed the SALT Cap (which is $40,000 for Tax Year 2025). Tldr; Can you include Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave amounts withheld if you are itemizing deductions (so long as you are below the SALT Cap of $40k)? I am surprised that it looks like FreeTaxUSA is correct and TurboTax and H&R Block's software might be using the old $10,000 SALT Cap?