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February 14, 2021
Question

Geting a "cash charitable is too large" error on my federal return - standard deduction

  • February 14, 2021
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I am taking the standard deduction, and I want to deduct $120 for charitable giving, under the CARES Act exemption.

However, when I enter $121 when prompted by TurboTax, when I get to the end of filing, it tells me I have an error: "Cash Charitable Too Large."

The only thing it will accept is a zero dollar amount there, even though I know the limit is $300, which I am under.

 

I have already tried rebooting TurboTax Online, and clearing my browser cookies, with no success. I need this issue to  be resolved so I can e-file.

1 reply

MaryM428
February 15, 2021

This was an known issue that has now been resolved.  Here are the steps to correct it
 

  1. Click Deductions and Credits
  2. Select Review/Edit
  3. Click Edit to the right of Standard Deduction ​​Click OK, Sounds Good
  4. Click Wrap Up Tax Breaks
  5. Click Continue
  6. Make sure that $120 is filled in and then click Continue
  7. Click Lets Keep Going