Take this step before you go through the e-filing steps. The wording is different depending on which version you are using, but the steps are the same. @tyler55
To clear this up in TurboTax and get your deduction recorded on your tax return in the TurboTax Online, do the following.
- Click on Federal on the top left side menu.
- Then choose Deductions and Credits at the top.
- Scroll all the way down and click on Wrap Up Tax Breaks.
You will get some follow-up finalizing questions before you see the message - The Standard Deduction is Right For You! Continue clicking through those screens, answer the Cares Act Contribution question, and your charitable contribution should then show up on line 12b of your Form 1040, correctly.
To clear this up in TurboTax and get your deduction recorded on your tax return in the desktop program, do the following.
- Click on Personal Income at the top of the desktop software.
- Then choose Deductions and Credits.
- Pick I'll Choose What I Work On.
- Scroll all the way down and click on Done with Deductions.
You will get some follow-up finalizing questions before you see the message - The Standard Deduction is Right For You! Continue clicking through those screens and your charitable contribution should then show up on line 12b of your Form 1040.
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