Sorry but you do enter the QCD under the 1099R entry.
After you enter form 1099-R keep going. If you have entered a birth date which makes you older than 70 1/2 there will be a page that asks Do any of these situations apply? Midway down is Were any of these funds sent directly to a charity? Then it will ask for the amount.
The code in box 7 of form 1099-R must be 7 (or new code Y) and the little IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box must be checked. A IRA QCD should be 0 taxable on 1040 line 4b and the QCD box checked. Unless you have other 1099R taxable amounts on 4b. You can’t do a QCD from a 401K.
For QCD there is a new checkbox on the 1040 line 4.
4a is the amount of the IRA distribution.
4b is the taxable amount.
4c has 3 checkboxes. Checkbox 2 is for QCD.
