Deductions & credits
I recommend reviewing your input as follows to ensure the amounts are being pulled into your tax return correctly.
You can take a $300 adjustment to income for cash donations and take the standard deduction in 2020 if you are unable to itemize your deductions.
You will make this entry in the Federal interview section of the program.
- Select Deductions & Credits
- Scroll down to All Tax Breaks and select Charitable Donations
- Select Start to the right of Donations to Charity in 2020
- Proceed to enter the details of your charitable cash contribution by entity as applicable in this section.
- Once you have completed entering your details, select Done with Charitable Donations
Continue through the screens until you see the screen titled Charitable Cash Contributions under Cares Act. You will be able to confirm the amount of your cash contributions on this screen. The adjustment here is limited to $300 as you mentioned in your post.
Your input in both of the sections above will ensure you are either able to take the deduction if you are able to itemize, or will pick up the adjustment if you are taking the standard deduction.
