Hello - we donated a car in 2019 to an organization, and did receive a 1098-C. Box 5a is checked indicating that they will make material improvements or significant intervening use. Box 5C says "used as a training vehicle by students in the auto technical program" and therefore we may use fair market value as our deduction. None of the 4a, 4b, or 4c boxes are filled in. Box 7 is blank.
We conservatively value the car at $2000.
When I enter this into Turbo Tax, it tells me that because the 1098-C statement value was $0, TurboTax will change what we've entered to match the 1098-C unless we qualify for one of the exemptions ... which I'm assuming we do - the charity made material improvement to the vehicle before we sold it. We've selected this exemption, but as we continue to the next screen, TurboTax still has the value of the donation at $0 and no matter what I do, I cannot seem to get it to accept a $2000 donation. What am I doing wrong? Thanks so much for any help!!
