Married filing separate deduction split

[House35]

I am married filing separate. I live in Ohio a non-community property state. I would like to know if I can take all (100%) of the mortgage interest deduction and property tax deduction when our home is jointly owned and the mortgage is also in my wife and my names. We have paid these from a joint account. On her return we would deduct nothing for these two items.

Thanks in advance,

[ecb34691]

If you itemize, then she must itemize or take zero as the standard deduction. If there is Earned Income Credit involved, you loose that and maybe some other credits/adjustments to income.

[House35]

If you itemize, then she must itemize or take zero as the standard deduction. If there is Earned Income Credit involved, you loose that and maybe some other credits/adjustments to income.

But what about the actual allocation of the itemized items amounts? Does it have to be 50/50, based on ownership, or allocated any way we want. (It comes out better if I take all of the deductions and she takes none)