JohnB5677
Expert Alumni

Deductions & credits

No, you are not filing an incorrect  W-2, you are simply allocating the cash deduction to the correct place.  Provided you maintain copies of the documentation, the IRS will not have a problem with it.  The hard copy of the W-2 is the documentation.

 

To qualify for the (Married) $600 cash deduction, you must clear the cash donations from the Schedule A information sheet.  That is where the W-2 was trying to put it.

 

Once that is cleared, the directions from @DoninGA  will guide you through the posting process.

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