Colorado Charitable Contributions not being picked up from form 1040 schedule A even though I took the standard deduction.

[mathom]

I entered the information to itemize on my federal return, but the standard deduction turned out to be the better choice. However, on my Colorado return, the charitable contributions were not carried over to DR 0104AD line 12 even though I chose the standard deduction on the federal return. I also was not asked to enter those anywhere. How do I fix this?

[BillM223]

What is the amount of charitable contributions that you entered on your federal return (even if your federal return did not itemize)? Was it less than $500? Colorado places a $500 minimum to carry these charitable contributions to the 104AD. 

[mathom]

The amount of the charitable contributions is well in excess of $500.

[BillM223]

I am not having any success getting my test not to work.

OK, we have some more things to look for. Please read "Income Tax Topics: Charitable Contributions" on the Colorado website. In particular, note the following:

Additionally, the charitable contribution subtraction cannot be claimed by any taxpayer who is not allowed to claim a standard deduction on their federal return.  Taxpayers who cannot claim a federal standard deduction and therefore cannot claim the charitable contribution subtraction include, but are not limited to:

• taxpayers who can be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer;
• married individuals filing separate returns if either spouse claims itemized deductions;
• non-resident alien individuals;
• individuals who file a federal tax return for a period of less than 12 months in order to change their annual accounting period;
• estates, trusts, corporations and other legal entities.

Do any of these apply to you?

[mathom]

None of those things apply to me.

[mathom · Accepted solution]

So this morning I went back to make sure that the standard deduction was selected on the federal return. It was, but when I left that page the state return updated and now shows the charitable contribution subtraction. Must have been some cached value or something messing it up. All is now good.