@KrisD15 , thanks for the detailed explanation, appreciate it.. I only have one question left I think.
You indicated as follows "I suggest entering the cash donations under "Items" rather than "cash" on the Federal Deduction & Credits screen" I am using "Donations to Charity" under Charitable Donations on that screen, and when look for "items rather than cash", for some reason I am not seeing anything on that screen that describes that..
I guess I could remove the charity entries, which I do know gets the 600 entry and there is no error, and manually enter the charitable deductions on that screen I noted in the MN State return. But now of course I am wondering where the Items entry to which you refer, which I seem unable to find.. Perhaps I am glancing right over it..
