"Charitable contributions has an unacceptable value"

[jruuska]

3 attempted workarounds did not resolve the issue. Still stuck.

[JamesG1]

Are you wanting to claim the deduction or remove the deduction?

If you are in TurboTax Online, the screen Charitable Cash Contributions under CARES Act appears as the end of Deductions & Credits. First you have to pass the screen Based on what you told us, the standard deduction is best for you at the end of Deductions & Credits.

But you have to qualify for the standard deduction before the screen appears.  So you may want to change the value of one or more itemized deductions to $1 so that you qualify for the standard deduction.  Follow these steps: 

• At the top of the screen, click on Deductions & Credits.
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Wrap up tax breaks.
• Continue through several screens.
• At the screen Based on what you told us, the standard deduction is best for you, click Continue.
• At the screen Any Charitable Cash Contributions? delete or enter the dollar amount.
• Continue through Federal Review to make sure that things look correct.
• Then restore your itemized deductions dollar amounts.

[jruuska]

Looks like this issue has been fixed. Been waiting 4 weeks. Would have been nice to have been informed that the code was updated, and that I could have submitted my return earlier.