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@Suzanne-b52 ,
Great questions! These are questions that do get asked a lot!

For the information about paying taxes to the IRS when you filed the extension, you will want to follow these simple steps: 

  

To enter the amount you paid with an extension (including state extension)  go to
Federal Taxes (or Personal for H&B/Self Employed version)
Deductions and Credits
Then scroll way down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid

You are looking for Income Taxes Paid - Click the Start or Revisit button

On the next page, you will see the option to enter in the payments made when you filed an extension.

There is a section for "Payments with 2022 federal extension" that you can click start on in order to enter in the amount paid when you filed for an extension.
There is a section for "Payments with 2022 state extension" that you can click start on in order to enter in the amount paid, if any, when you filed for an extension with your state.


As far as your charitable amounts are concerned for tax year 2022, entering in cash donations will only help you if you are itemizing your deductions instead of taking the standard deduction.
TurboTax software will ask you questions about your deductions and will then help you make the determination if the standard deduction is right for you.

In order to take a tax deduction for a charitable contribution to an IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) public charity, you will need to not take the standard deduction in favor of itemized deductions. That means you'll list out all of your deductions, expecting that they'll add up to more than the standard deduction.

For more information about the standard and itemized deductions, feel free to review the following websites:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/standard-deductio...

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-deductions-and-credits/what-are-tax-deductions-/L5CcKxGZE


I hope this information helps!