There are two essential steps to entering this above-the-line deductions:
1. You must enter one or more charitable contributions described as MONEY (you will see this when you enter charitable contributions).
2. In the Final Review, when TurboTax notices that you made cash contributions and you are taking the Standard Deduction, then it will ask you what amount (up to $300 or less if you contributed less cash) you want to have as the above-the-line deduction.
What is unusual here is that the second half of the process is in the Final Review, not in any interview.
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