Deduction for charitable contributions from your RMD. The software is not allowing this for 2023. It always has in the past. The expert advice number was not able to help. Any suggestions?

[DoninGA]

Are you over the age of 70 1/2?  Is the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box checked on the form 1099-R that you entered?

If these questions are answered as Yes, then the TurboTax program would have asked you about a QCD.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for a QCD - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/form-1099-r/qualified-charitable-distrib...

[VolvoGirl]

I had no trouble.  If you are over 70 1/2 and enter a 1099R for a IRA distribution it will ask if it was a Qualified Charitable Distribution.  Be sure you check the little IRA box between boxes 7&8.  It will show up on the 1040 line 4b as 0 with the QCD by it.  You do not enter it again under Deductions.  

[AnnetteB6]

If you are referring to a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), then the amount of the distribution will be included on Form 1040 line 4a, but not line 4b.   

That is how you get a tax advantage for donating the distribution to charity.  Since it is not taxed on your return as income on line 4b, you do not include that amount as a charitable deduction for Schedule A.

To learn more, take a look at the following TurboTax article.  It gives you the guidelines for how to enter it as well as the requirements:  What is a Qualified Charitable Distribution?

@Carrievankloberg