[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by Descant

The increased standard deduction is fine, but I still have to keep track of all eligible expenses, medical deducible, co-pays, etc. which may approach the limit and need to be tracked for the years when we do go over. If you stop tracking these records and then have, say, an un-reimbursed casualty loss, you need all the records. The system needs further simplification, but, at least in 2017, we started heading in the right direction. I hope it continues.

Or...you could decide that your chance of going over is reasonably small, pay for all these items with a credit card, then do the tracking at year end only if you need