Entered numerous cash and item charitable donations into TurboTax amounting to several thousand dollars yet saw no immediate change in the amount of tax due Why?

[CherylW · Accepted solution]

It may be that you don't have enough in the rest of your deductions to get more than what the IRS gives you.  For a chart of what you have to get more than, see below. 

Here's a list of all the deductions that you can use to try to get higher than the standard deduction.