Error during fed review

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Check entry: 1040/1040 SR worksheet charitable contributions charitable contributions has an unacceptable value. I change it to zero error I change it to 300 error change it to 600 error?

MarilynG

Alumni - Intuit

There are a couple work arounds for when this happens. Please let us know if your issue persists after trying them.

Click Deductions and Credits
Select Review/Edit
Click Edit to the right of Standard Deduction
Click OK, Sounds Good
Click Wrap Up Tax Breaks
Click Continue
Make sure that $300 is filled in and then click Continue
Click Lets Keep Going

Here is the second work around for claiming the $300 Charity Deduction:

In TurboTax select Federal in the panel on the left
Select Deductions & Credits at the top of the page
Under Your Tax Breaks - Charitable Donations
Click START to the right of Donations to Charity in 2020
Click YES
Click ADD next to Money
Type in the name of the charity that you donated to
Type the amount of the donation
Select Done with Donation
Select Done

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Tom1951Author

Level 2

Nope!

KrisD15

Alumni - Intuit

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 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.

Unless your cash donations are limited by your income, this procedure (listing cash as items) will give you the same result on your state return as entering under cash donations.

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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