Charitable Donation

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 8, 2022
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Why am I not seeing any amount of my cash charitable donations appearing in line 12B on Fed form 1040SR? During the interview process, TT asked me to list the charitable organizations that we contributed to during 2021 and the amounts. The total cash and non-cash contributions totaled $900. I know that the most you can claim is $600 for married filing jointly. When I was through with my charitable contributions, I noticed that my refund did not increase. Also, when I reviewed my tax form 1040SR, line 12B was blank. I understand that the $600 is added to the standard deduction, $27,800. But it didn't happen. Can you please tell me what I need to do? Thanking you in advance.

Best answer by DanaB27

Yes, you can claim $600 as an adjustment to income (line 12b) if you made a cash contributions to a charitable organization, while claiming the Standard Deduction.

Please follow these steps to enter the charitable cash contribution for 12b :

Open you return
Click "Federal"
Click “Deductions &Credits” on the top
Click "I'll choose what to work on" (do not enter any donations under Charitable donations)
Scroll all the way down and click the "Done with deductions" button
Continue after the "The Standard Deduction is right for you!" screen
Continue until the "Get a tax break for donating cash to charity" screen
Enter your charitable cash contributions.

Mike9241

Level 15

from what i've seen that section does not populate until you go through the review of the return

Mike9241

Rambo70Author

Level 3

thank you for your quick response.

DanaB27Answer

Level 15

Yes, you can claim $600 as an adjustment to income (line 12b) if you made a cash contributions to a charitable organization, while claiming the Standard Deduction.

Please follow these steps to enter the charitable cash contribution for 12b :

Open you return
Click "Federal"
Click “Deductions &Credits” on the top
Click "I'll choose what to work on" (do not enter any donations under Charitable donations)
Scroll all the way down and click the "Done with deductions" button
Continue after the "The Standard Deduction is right for you!" screen
Continue until the "Get a tax break for donating cash to charity" screen
Enter your charitable cash contributions.

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Rambo70Author

Level 3

thank you and I'll follow your advice

Edward Hanson

Level 2

I could not find the "Get a tax break for donating cash to charity" section.

JillS56

Level 10

Charitable Donations is located under the Deductions and Credits section of the federal return. Scroll down to Charitable Donations. Click on Donations to Charity in 2021. Enter your charitable donations.