> The percentage of people who save money by itemizing deductions is extremely small I don't know where you're getting that. The only number I can find on it

> The percentage of people who save money by itemizing deductions is extremely small I don't know where you're getting that. The only number I can find on it is an unsourced assertion that more than 60% take the standard deduction [1], which still implies that on the order of 1/3 of taxpayers itemize. Hardly "extremely small". [1] http://abcnews.go.com/Business/tax-tip-choose-standard-deduction-itemizing/story?id=28873573 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/tax-tip-choose-standard-deduc...