From you early comment along the lines of "I make my taxes as complicated as possible so that I can save money on taxes" You would never take the one number if

From you early comment along the lines of "I make my taxes as complicated as possible so that I can save money on taxes" You would never take the one number if you could save money by making it a thousand instead. Eg. if your state did that simplification, youd move to a different state that doesn't have the simplification so you can save a couple bucks on the taxes