Deductions & credits

OK, I found the bug in the ointment.

First, to clarify, this entire thread is about charitable donations and the standard deduction.

The problem turned out to be that my wife had $240 charitable cash donation on line 14 of her W-2. This does not show up under Donations to Charity in the Deductions & Credits section. But it lingers in the shadows and prevents me from seeing the CCCuCA page.

I had to delete it from the form. That just seems wrong. but then I could enter $600 on the Cares Act page.

Now here's the glitchy part:

If I go back and add it back in to the W-2, it flags my charitable contributions as too large during the Federal review (see image).  But it doesn't actually add the number to line 12b, so everything still looks correct. It also does not appear to let me correct it.

Wait, you say. Why not just enter $360 and let TT  add the $240  in. Unfortunately, that doesn't work

In summary, in order to correctly file my federal taxes, I must file an incorrect W-2 form.

You're welcome, Intuit.