Should I amend my return if I accidentally put my charitable donations into the subtractions section rather than letting standard deductions account for it?

[gradyrow]

I thought the qualified charitable donations subtraction was for donations I made throughout the year, which I don't have a good record of. I learned my donations were lumped into my standard deduction, so I didn't need to fill that portion in, but now it says I need to mail in receipts for the donations. I'm unsure if I should try amending it, or if not mailing anything in would void my return.

[Mike9241]

Charitable donations don't increase your standard deduction. Your entry might have reduced the taxable portion of your IRA distribution. The QCD entry is for those 70 1/2 or older who have some or all of their traditional IRA RMD sent directly to a charity.  What I don't understand is Turbotax saying you have to mail in receipts or did you receive a notice from the IRS?

so can you clarify what you did and in what section you entered these donations.