[Halon]

If you own your own home, at the end of the year, the company who your mortgage is through should send you a statement that shows some amounts in boxes, kinda like your W2. It says how much you've paid in interest and what not. You file that as a deduction. Also you should receive a letter from your city or county, that shows what you paid in property taxes for the year. That is a deduction. Also save your receipts from when you updated the tabs on your cars plates. Those are a deduction. Those 3 things added up to 17000 worth of deductions for me. And that amount of a deduction is why my return was so large.