Why must we now enter every single visit to a thrift shop separately?

[tv6]

Each year it becomes more onerous to donate to charity. I have my donation receipts but it is very time consuming to enter 6 visits to one thrift shop and 4 to another, and 8 in kind donations to the local SPCA. Used to be you could type "various" per charity.   Why is turbo tax making it harder? I don't see it in the IRS regs.  I use Turbo Tax to save time but increasingly it's issues mean I spend hours figuring things out, like yesterday, 3 hours on one issue alone.

[AmeliesUncle]

Because the IRS Instructions say so.

If your contributions are over $500, Form 8283 is required, and the Instructions state: Enter the date you contributed the property. If you made contributions on various dates, enter each contribution and its date on a separate row.

https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8283#idm[phone number removed]192

[tv6]

But they are not over $500 per location. Cumulatively probably. Just another harassment of modest people making modest donations. At least they eliminated the address requirement - because the donations were under $500. TT needs to get it's act together. But thank you kindly for your answer and time.

[AmeliesUncle · Accepted solution]

The requirement isn't $500 per location, it is $500 or more TOTAL that requires the form.

[VictoriaD75]

You may only enter donation information for an organization as per each separate donation or date, follow these steps:

1. Click on Deductions & Credits
2. Click Start/Revisit next to Donations to Charity in 2019
3. Answer Yes to the question Do you want to enter your donations for 2019?
4. List the organization (ie., Goodwill) in the box Who did you donate to in 2019?
5. Click Add next to Items
6. Choose how you wish to value your donations. If you choose I'll value them, follow the screens and enter the information requested
7. You will need to enter the donation date. Each separate donation (date) will have to be entered separately
8. Choose your category for the donation on that particular date, click Continue
9. Enter the Description, Value, and choose the Method Used to Determine Value from the drop down menu
10. Click Done with This Donation
11. You may need to enter purchase information for the items that were donated. Here, you can enter Various in lieu of a specific date.

You must maintain documentation/receipts detailing each donation. You can continue to add other dates by choosing Add Another Donation on the summary screen.

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