Are you within $600 between your Itemized and Standard deduction amounts?
I ask, because it seems that if the program "knows" that if you take the Standard Deduction, even if it is a bit lower, once you add 600 as charitable cash donations, you'll be ahead of Itemizing, and it makes it difficult for you to select Itemized.
If this is your case, when you select Standard, your tax might increase until the charitable cash donation is entered.
And that is not asked until the very end of the review.
If you think this might be the situation you are in, I suggest the following:
Please return to the Deductions & Credits section, scroll down to "Charitable Donations" and DELETE any cash entries you made there.
(NOTE: Some states allow you to Itemize Deductions when taking the Standard Deduction on the Federal Return. To include the cash charitable donations as an Itemized Deduction on your STATE return, you can enter the donations as "Items" select "I'll value them, select "Other intangible property" enter the description as CASH, since it was, and the amount as the value.)
Go back through the review. The program will ask you for your charity donation again although it may not be until after the state return is finished, at the END of the FINAL REVIEW. (After the "Tax Summary for 2021" screen)
Enter the amount up to 600 Married Filing Joint.
The Tax law allows a Taxpayer to claim Charity Donations on their Schedule A or, if using the Standard Deduction, on their 1040 line 12b as an addition to their Standard Deduction amount.
This amount can be up to 600 for Married Filing Joint, or 300 for all others.
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