Charitable Contribution Section

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January 14, 2026
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This new section in turbo tax appears to be totally messed up. Requiring information not available or necessary for stock donations (like appraisal value and information). This entire section is totally messed up.

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DawnC

Level 15

Are you entering the donation in the charitable contributions section, under Deductions and Credits? Are you using the desktop version or TurboTax Online? What did you select for type of donation on the entry screen?

Is your donation over $500 - Form 8283 is required for non-cash donations over $500?

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pelkmanAuthor

Level 3

Hi Dawn,

I am using the desktop version of TurboTax. Yes, the charitable contribution section in federal deductions. I have done this many times before, but I’ve never had it asking me all these different questions. Even though I know I need to complete form 8283, it’s asking me for the original purchase value (in addition to value at time of donation) of clothes and household items that I’m donating. It’s never required that information before. Also in another instance where I’m donating stock and I put the current.and purchase values, it’s asking me for the appraised value along with the appraiser’s name and address. It has never asked for this type of information before. It’s requiring much more information that is not available than it ever required previously.

DaveF1006

Level 15

No, it is not your imagination. TurboTax has significantly increased its reporting requirements for the 2025 tax year. This change is driven by stricter IRS enforcement of Form 8283 requirements and new rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed in 2025.

The IRS is essentially using tax software to "force" taxpayers to provide information that was technically always required by law but often ignored in the past.

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Gary97531

Level 2

On January 14, the date of your posting, Turbo Tax was messed up. Turbo Tax later updated its software so that the information being requested was the same as for 2024. That said, as I and others have noted, Turbo Tax continues to have a simplified assumption (aka an "error") regarding groups of similar items for which the value exceeds $500 but for which no individual item exceeds $500 in value. And if you think about it, the Turbo Tax software makes no sense. The IRS wants detailed information if you donate a single piece of clothing worth $600. Does the IRS want that same information if you donate 30 shirts each with a value of $20? No. But Turbo Tax requires it, if you report all 30 items as a single donation.