Potential Problem In 2024 Hawaii Turbotax Handling Charitable Deductions Exceeding Total Standard Deduction

[CTinHI]

Hawaii Itemized Deduction worksheet line 18 is not properly adding up the sum of Line 15 through 17.
Details are as follows:

I did Federal on Turbotax and all fine.  I downloaded Hawaii and did steps to answer questions for Hawaii.
At end of entering Hawaii answers I looked at Form N11 and it showed return using the Standard Deduction although my charitable cash exceeded standard dedution and taxable income sizeable.

My investigation shows that Hawaii Itemized worksheet seems to have a problem with worksheet A-4 Gift to charity.  Line 15 correctly shows the amount of cash donations I am allowed to deduct and does not exceed 60% of Hawaii AGI.

Line 18 says add lines 15 through 17.  However, line 18 remains blank although should not be blank but in my case should equal line 15 since line 16 and 17 are intentionally blank.

If I do override and replace line 18 with the sum of 15 through 17 then Hawaii return uses itemized deductions as expected since cash donations exceed the standard deductions..

[LeticiaF1]

TurboTax transfers data from your federal return to your state return. Before you begin troubleshooting your state return, go back through your federal return and make sure everything is correct.  Did you enter your donations in your federal itemized deductions? ‌If you did, the donations should be transferred to your state return.  

After you review your federal return, select the State Taxes tab and review the state section. Pay close attention to the information, especially if you have made changes to your federal return. There might be new sections that need to be completed.  If you still have issues, you might want to delete your state return and start it again.  

Troubleshooting common federal to state transfer issues