overriding the filing status in Ohio CCA local return incorrectly reduces the federal charitible deduction limit

[qncwglml]

Reporting what I consider a bug.  My federal and state and status is married filing joint (MFJ), but I have Federal Schedule E income that I pay local taxes on and report to Ohio's Central Collection Agency (CCA).  The Schedule E income is earned only by me, so my filing status for CCA is single. The CCA return inherits the MFJ filing status from the federal worksheet, so I must override the CCA local return's filing status to single.  This override has the unexpected side effect of (incorrectly) reducing the federal charitable deduction limit from the $600 MFJ limit to the $300 single limit. Notably the override does not seem to affect any of the other values controlled by the federal filing status.

[Hal_Al]

Huh?

Are you saying changing filing status affects your charity deduction on your CCA or on your Federal return? 

There is no charity deduction on a CCA form.

Even though you only need to report Schedule E income, on CCA, you can still use MFJ status. Just enter the Schedule E income. 

If you have something "tricky", you may want to do the CCA form by hand or at the CCA site, rather than in TT.

[qncwglml]

I said that overriding the filing status in Ohio CCA local return incorrectly reduces the federal charitable deduction limit from $600 to $300.

[qncwglml]

And please note that all the tricky stuff (like schedules C, E, F) is not supported for eFile at the CCA site https://efile.ccatax.ci.cleveland.oh.us/  Of course I can do the CCA form with a pencil, but I still find TurboTax more convenient to generate the paper form for me, just not reliable in this one instance.

Individual Taxpayers filing an annual return must submit a paper return if they have any of the following:

• Business (Schedules C or F)
• Rental or K-1 activity (Schedule E)
• Overpayment (Refund or Credit)
• W2 from one employer listing multiple cities
• 1099-MISC from one business with income earned in multiple cities
• Residence Tax Withheld by the Employer