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Add or Edit Items under Items to Donate does not allow me to edit anything that I previously entered. Under Donations & Credits, go to Item Donation Information.

Under Donations & Credits, go to Item Donation Information.
Click Add Or Edit Items
The ItsDeductable pop-up displayed, but it does not show anything that I just entered.

This is maddening.
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Add or Edit Items under Items to Donate does not allow me to edit anything that I previously entered. Under Donations & Credits, go to Item Donation Information.

This is due to a new provision in the CARES Act.   Previously, charitable contributions could only be deducted if taxpayers itemized their deductions. However, taxpayers who don't itemize deductions may take a charitable deduction of up to $300 for cash contributions made in 2020 to qualifying organizations. For the purposes of this deduction, qualifying organizations are those that are religious, charitable, educational, scientific or literary in purpose. The law changed in this area due to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and it causes an error for some customers.

 

Here's what to do:

 

  1. Delete the $300 in the error check.
  2. Then go back to Deductions & Credits and enter the contribution there, in the Donations to Charity topic.
  3. Then click Done with Donations and proceed through the screens until you get to the screen that tells you that TurboTax has added in the contribution.

 

 The contribution will be back on Form 1040 line 10b, but it won't be flagged as an error. It only gets flagged if you enter it when prompted after you finish Deductions & Credits and the software tells you that you are getting the standard deduction. It will not get flagged if you enter it in Donations to Charity.

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