After you enter the 1099-R for the RMD, you will be prompted with questions regarding what you did with the money.
After claiming the distribution as a RMD, a question asks about contributing to the Charity and you can answer YES. If these questions are answered correctly, the distribution code of F should be accepted. If this does not correct the error, please let me know so that I can assist you further.
There is no place or need to record who the donation is made to, however there is a reminder not to include this amount in your Deductions for Charitable Donations.
The following IRS link discusses QCD-Qualified Charitable Donations:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf
Code F is not for a distribution paid directly to charity. Code F indicates a payment to YOU from a charitable gift annuity. A charitable gift annuity is not an IRA.
You are not permitted to change the code from what the payer provided on the Form 1099-R. Does the Form 1099-R provided to you by the payer have code F in box 7? I suspect not.
If you had a distribution paid to charity as a QCD from an IRA, the Form 1099-R provided by the payer should have code 7 in box 7 and have the IRA/SEP/SIMPE box marked. You must enter it this way into TurboTax. TurboTaxLisaBr's answer describes how answer the follow-up questions to entering this Form 1099-R.
DELETED ENTRY AND REENTERED IT FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL GUIDE LINES. EVERYTHING WORKED AS STATED. THANK YOU
There is no prompt that asks me if this money was a charitable distribution to a charity which it was