I need help Charitable contributions if you take thestandard deduction

[rjs]

What help do you need? This is a message forum, not live chat. You have to post all the details of your question and wait for someone to respond.

There is a bug in the handling of the deduction for charitable contributions when you take the standard deduction. To avoid the bug, enter the contribution in the Donations to Charity topic under Deductions & Credits, as if you were entering itemized deductions. Then click Done with Donations and proceed through the screens until you get to the screen that tells you that TurboTax has added in the contribution.

If that doesn't solve your problem, reply to this post with the details of your problem.

[phildaily]

I entered contributions as if itemizing deductions and the entry did not show up on line 10b of 1040.  What do I do to make this work?  It is hard to believe that this does not function or no guidance!

[rjs]

@phildaily  This bug has been fixed. You can now enter the contribution after the screen that says you are getting the standard deduction, and it will not be flagged as an error. If you are using the CD/Download TurboTax software, make sure you have the most recent update.

If you enter the contribution as an itemized deduction, you have to click "Done with Deductions" and proceed through the screens in sequence until you get to the screen about the $300 deduction, then click Continue on that screen.