The Schedule A deduction includes Charitable Contribution. If you don't itemize your deduction, you can enter $300 as adjustment to income. The lists of charitable organization may not be automatically alphabetized in Turbo Tax. You have to enter manually in alphabetical order.
TurboTax should fix this - if you add a charity, it will be entered in analphabetic order because you cannot INSERT a charity in the correct alphabetic order.
Just alphabetize charities automatically, or offer an Alphabetize button.
I agree -- non alpha list of charities is a big annual drag.
If using the Desktop software, one can just click on the table heading labelled "Charity Name" , and the whole list gets alphabetized while in that interview section. It isn't permanent though, so once you exit, they get scrambled again....but a simple one-click the next time you get into the charity section, does it again.
I seem to recall that Online used to do similar, but unfortunately no longer.
The TT sister program IT'S DEDUCTIBLE can be used during the year and the annual info imported into the program ... the list of charities can be sorted in that program. https://itsdeductibleonline.intuit.com/
Also, in the program, all your cash donations can simply be entered as ONE amount using the word VARIOUS and skip all the individual entries. The IRS only gets the one total amount on the Sch A ... the worksheet with the breakdown is only for your records and you already have the receipts in case you are ever audited that is what the IRS would want to see not the worksheet.
Clicking on the table heading "Charity Name" does not work. It is not a live field, not a sortable column. This is a huge pain every year for those who have dozens of charitable contributions.
The TT sister program IT'S DEDUCTIBLE can be used during the year and the annual info imported into the program ... the list of charities can be sorted in that program. https://itsdeductibleonline.intuit.com/
Also, in the program, all your cash donations can simply be entered as ONE amount using the word VARIOUS and skip all the individual entries. The IRS only gets the one total amount on the Sch A ... the worksheet with the breakdown is only for your records and you already have the receipts in case you are ever audited that is what the IRS would want to see not the worksheet.
IF you look at my post again, I did specify the "Desktop" software, where clicking on the Charity Name header still works to sort alphabetically.
Online software...Nope.
Wow, it works! This is a big help. It would be nice if it was noted on the screen how to alphabetize charities.
Others have had success on some desktop versions, but I am here to tell you that in my Premier desktop version for 2021 running on Mac, the columns are not sortable. It is not possible to click on the Charity Name header as you suggest and sort the entries by alpha, even momentarily. Perhaps TT needs to figure out why it works on some versions and not on others, and make it consistent?
More likely it's a Windows vs MAC thing.
....i.e. the MAC programmers didn't design their software the same way to allow that to be done.
TT Premier for Windows does sort on the Charity Column heading, but as tehannah observes, it goes back to the original un-alphabetized list after each open/entry attempt. Saving your file does nothing to hold it in the updated sort. It is a real pain to try and be methodical about data entry and check. Can't understand why the programmers are not allowed to fix this so it would remain in a sane order on such sort update. Been waiting for this for 20+ years. As my generosity has gained steam over the years with a growing list of charities, my enthusiasm for TT has waned. Other variations of TT aren't even tempted. "As they say in Windows World doublespeak..."It's not a bug. It's a feature."
Windows TurboTax Download: Click the "Charity Name" header for a temporary sort
Mac TurboTax Download: Out of luck
TurboTax Online: Out of luck
TurboTax It's Deductible:
https://itsdeductibleonline.intuit.com/
Click the "Charity Name" header and/or the "State" header
It's Deductible is even more crufty than TT Desktop, be warned -- kind of looks like the last minor update was in 2006. And you can't export charity names from TT Desktop, or enter the Charity's EIN (except as a comment in the name).
See a large thread on this topic at https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-how-can-i-alphabetize-the-list-of-charitable-donations/01/2707088
Yeah, TT desktop mac - this is stupid. Intuit just rakes in profit, delivers minimal value. So many things that just work badly.
@publicmarvin wrote:Yeah, TT desktop mac - this is stupid. Intuit just rakes in profit, delivers minimal value. So many things that just work badly.
Hint 1: Switch to "forms mode" where the charities are alphabetized!
Hint 2: Fill out a charity marked "AA Misc", then in forms mode simply type the dates and amounts for all cash contributions. They're summarized in a single line for the IRS anyway, so the per-charity detail can be kept for your records elsewhere.
Inuit is not really updating, fixing or caring about TT Desktop. It's a White Elephant.
Forms mode can found under the "View" menu.
That's a real bummer! It only makes sense to alphabetize. Why can't they do this? Couldn't tech support figure that out?
I seem to remember that if you click on the "NAME" on the header (at the top left), it sorts the column. I hope that helps.
Bernie
@SteamTrainThank you! That was a helpful tip. Not perfect, but it will save some time. 🙂
Edit: I am running TurboTax Premier 2024 on a Windows 11 machine.
Also asking how top alphabetize my long long list of charities.
Nope. In my copy of turbo, Charity Name isn't an active label.
Clicking on the name column only works in TurboTax Desktop. If you are not using TurboTax Desktop it will not let you alphabetize unless you entered them in alphabetical order when entering into TurboTax.
On the Mac desktop version running Premier version. Still doesn't work. I'm a retired computer programmer and find it amazing that this annoyance is there year after year. Maybe next year I'll just cut the TT cord and go with someone that actually improves their product going forward.