I did some testing (by added more mortgage interest) and I see that if my deductions are $25,101, it lets me itemize (once I edit the worksheet to make the CARES donation blank after the fed review). Note: $25,100 = std ded + CARES max charity of $300. It is interesting that Std + $300 give me about $20 more taxes than this test case of $25,101 itemized deduction.
So, as VolvoGirl noted, if $25,100 < your deductions < $24,800 and you have more than $300 in charity, the interface suggests itemize, but the software knows that part of the deductions were > $300 in charty, so it uses standard and makes you enter the $300 Cares deduction. Back about 1 month ago, I wondered why it was asking me to do that because I thought it was itemizing....
awesome help folks!!
