If you elect to take a charitable deduction on top of using the standard deduction (on Line 12b) you cannot enter this through the Itemized Deductions screens.
Please follow the steps below to enter your charitable contribution in the correct place in TurboTax :
- Open your return.
- Click on the Federal Taxes tab.
- Click Deductions &Credits.
- Click on I'll choose what I work on.
- Scroll down and click the Done with Deductions button.
- Continue until you reach the Get a tax break for donating cash to charity screen.
- Enter your charitable cash contributions.
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