I had a similar problem with my 2020 return. We had a very large charitable contribution that was >60% of AGI. (All cash) For 2020, the IRS allowed charitable cash contributions up to 100% of AGI. When I filed the return in April 2021, TT showed nothing on the dotted line next to the box 11. Consequently, the IRS assumed it was all subject to the lower limit, and wanted a LARGE additional tax payment. In the end, I had to manually enter the correct value on the dotted line of line 11 Schedule A, and filed a corrected return.
(Interestingly, TT now shows a value on the 2020 dotted line, but I have no idea how it is calculated. It does not seem to relate to any part of the charitable contributions.)
The value on the dotted line should be equal to the value in the box on line 11.
For 2021, I have a follow-on problem. The IRS should allow all the charitable contributions to be deducted for 2020, but my state (MN) only allowed up to 60% of AGI for 2020. This means I have a large carryover of excess charitable contributions from 2020 to 2021, for the state return only. TT does not seem to have any mechanism to handle this. I can manually calculate the correct amounts to appear on my state itemized deductions, and complete my return, but I am starting to wonder why I am bothering with TT, if all of this has to be manually entered.
In TT, is there a way to carry forward excess charitable contributions for the MN return?
