Deductions & credits

Thank you @DawnC 

Unfortunately your suggestion does not work.  I have tried it every which way possible and end up in the same unfortunate circle!  I am very technical and financial/TT savvy.  Our disconnect is in the following area where you wrote:

 

RE: **This button triggers the CARES ACT follow up questions. 

 

It does not!  As long as I have added items in the Charitable Donations section, the CARES ACT followup question does not come up, in none of the subsequent screens or ever!  It only comes up if-and-only-if I delete my Charitable Donations items - based on my multiple attempts and testing.

TurboTax 2021 Deluxe Windows Desktop - update of Jan 27, 22

Regards.