Is this a tt glitch? I go to 'fix federal return',"Check This Entry." On 1040A line 10a and 10b I reported $300 in cash contrib. "Cash Charitable is too large"

[lkirsling]

$300 is specifically allowed. Turbo tax will not move forward with filing return

[KrisD15]

To edit the number on line 10, please follow these steps:

TurboTax ONLINE

Click Tax Tools on the left side bar

Click Tools from the drop-down

Click the "Topic Search" box on the screen

Type or scroll down to    standard deduction and exemptions

Click GO 

The next screen gives you an option to change your selection from Standard to Itemized and back. You do not need to change your selection

Scroll down to the bottom of that screen and click CONTINUE

The next screen is the Charitable Cash Contributions under Cares Act screen

IF YOU ARE CLAIMING STANDARD DEDUCTION enter the amount of cash contributions you made, up to  300

IF YOU ARE ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS enter 0

Scroll down and click Continue

Click Continue on the next screen

DESKTOP

Go to Step-By-Step input (top right corner of screen)

Click Federal

Click Deductions & Credits along the top

Click “I’ll choose what I work on”

Edit or Update Donations to Charity in 2020 if needed, then click “Done with Charitable Donations”

Scroll down the “Your 2020 Deductions & Credits” screen and click “Done with Deductions”

Click Continue on the “Let’s Check Your Deductions and Credits” screen

Continue through the following interview questions until you get to the “Here Are Your 2020 Deductions & Credits” screen

Click Continue

If the next screen says “The Standard deduction is Right for You!” click Continue

ON THE NEXT SCREEN enter the cash contribution made in 2020 up to 300 and click Continue

Your 1040 should update

“The new "up to $300 above the line cash charity donation" is available for tax year 2020. This allows a Taxpayer to claim up to a $300 credit which is subtracted from income on the 1040 line 10c if the Taxpayer is claiming the Standard Deduction. (If you Itemize Deductions, all your donations will be listed on Schedule A.) “

[lkirsling]

Thanks for your reply.

I tried your suggestion for TurboTax Online, but I still need help.

After clicking GO on standard deduct & exempt, the next screen does not give me an option to select between standard and itemized. I get a different screen - "Great, we're all done with tax breaks". When I click continue on that screen, then I get the Charitable Cash Contributions under Cares Act screen. My screen includes only a box to enter the amount and doesn't refer to either standard or itemized.  

I input 300 and click continue. The program proceeds thru the next steps and the review of the federal return starts, and then this $300 comes up as a review item.

Check This Entry

1040/1040SR Wks: Cash Charitable is too large.

Cash Charitable

[KrisD15]

Perhaps you don't have a choice of Standard or Itemized because you didn't enter any Schedule A type Deductions & Credits. 

If this is the case, please go back under Deductions & Credits and enter 300 as a cash charity contribution. 

Please then repeat the steps I sent earlier. 

be sure to only enter 300

no decimals

[lkirsling]

So, even though I'm not itemizing, I still need to go in and open a Sch A?

If that's the case, why doesn't Turbotax take me there? 

Do I have to go and manually find and add Sch A to my return? 

I need to know what line needs to be completed on Sch A to complete this requirement.

This is still an open issue for me. 

Thank you.

[JamesG1]

I suspect that a Charitable Cash Contribution under CARES Act is confusing the standard deduction / itemized deduction calculations.  

If you are in TurboTax Online, the screen Charitable Cash Contributions under CARES Act appears as the end of Deductions & Credits. First you have to pass the screen Based on what you told us, the standard deduction is best for you at the end of Deductions & Credits.

But you have to qualify for the standard deduction before the screen appears.  So you may want to change the value of one or more itemized deductions to $1 so that you qualify for the standard deduction.

Follow these steps: 

• At the top of the screen, click on Deductions & Credits.
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Wrap up tax breaks.
• Continue through several screens.
• At the screen Based on what you told us, the standard deduction is best for you, click Continue.
• At the screen Any Charitable Cash Contributions? delete the dollar amount.
• Continue through Federal Review to make sure that things look correct.
• Then restore your itemized deductions dollar amounts.

 See also this TurboTax Help.  Hope this helps.

[lkirsling]

I have resolved my issue. I went into Sch A. There was some errant info in the charitable deductions area. I deleted that information and then was able to proceed without any problem. 

This topic has already been addressed in the turbo community.  Sorry - I don't recall the name of the post but it was about the $300 charity deduction.

Thanks.