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Standard deuction

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When I was doing my 2018 taxes, I filled out the itemized deduction information. Turbo Tax suggested that I use the Standard deduction, so that is how I filed. In July I received a request from the IRS asking my for form 8283, which Turbo Tax did not submit. Why did this happen

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Are you sure you did not itemize deductions ? What amount is on line 8 of the form 1040?

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Did you make an in-kind Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA? [Edit: Probably not. It's only remotely possible that the IRS would be aware a QCD was in-kind and the IRS probably wouldn't ask for Form 8283 under these circumstances anyway.]

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No I did not make an in-kind Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA