<prompt> Human: A little background info.Im married filing jointly, no kids, 26 and 27 yo. We had slightly over 12k in deductions, but it said our standard deduction 12,600 would be better as far as filing our taxes...We bought our house in 2015 April 1st and this is our first time filing taxes with a house... I had always heard that deducting interest, insurance, and taxes would save a boatload on taxes, but it literally made no difference. Should i be skeptical? I hit submit on turbo tax, but if i find that I did something seriously wrong, i will amend it with yalls advice. Thanks for your help!  <response>: If slightly over 12k is less than 12,600, then the standard deduction is probably better. 