I am using TurboTax Home and Business 2021, for married filing jointly. I do not see any screen that asked or told me specifically about the $300 deduction, no matter how many times I go through it all. The screen "[Names], Here are Your 2020 and 2021 Deductions & Credits," in the 2021 column, lists Charitable Cash Contributions as $600. But the Total Deductions (in that same screen) does not include this amount - it is only the Standard Deduction amount. However, when I go to the 1040 form, line 12b, it says $600. And line 12c is the total of the Standard Deduction plus $600.
So, two questions: (1) Is $600 the correct amount? I thought it was supposed to be only $300. (2) Why is there no step-by-step screen that discusses this deduction, and even the screen mentioned above doesn't seem to add it into the Total Deductions.
Very confusing! Please fix this software bug, as I would like to finish my taxes this week, thanks.
