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Should charitable deduction for Standard Deduction Form 1040 Line 12 accept $600 for MFJ, mine only shows $300?

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January 6, 2022
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I'm listing MJF and posting Standard Deduction but Online Turbotax Form 1040 Line 12b will only post $300 on line 12b.

TurboTax Deluxe Online

Best answer by KrisD15

I tested TurboTax Online and 600 was taken on line 12c.

If you are having trouble, please try the steps listed below.

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 if you are taking the standard deduction and the charity cash contribution

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 600 if Married Filing Jointly

IF YOU ARE ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS enter 0

Scroll down and click Continue

Click Continue on the next screen

@HConcordMA

PLEASE NOTE, IF THESE STEPS DO NOT BRING YOU TO THE "CHARITABLE CASH CONTRIBUTION under CARES ACT" page, and you entered "Donations to Charity in 2021" under Deductions & Credits, you may need to delete that entry.

Click Deduction & Credits on the screen, and scroll down to "Donations to Charity in 2021" and click EDIT/ADD

Delete all entries

Click "Done with Charitable Donations" when all entries have been deleted.

Follow the steps listed above

[Edited 01/10/2022 I 3:26pm PST]

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VolvoGirl

Employee

Wait. I think there will be an update for that.

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HConcordMAAuthor

Thanks.

Is there a way to advise Turbo Tax of this problem? I have well over $600 in charitable deductions reported in my TurboTax Online form, yet they only calculate $300 allowable when using the Standard Deduction. The law was changed from 2020 now allowing MFJ to post a maximum of $600 with the Standard Deduction is used.

This is the only entry which will delay my filing.

KrisD15Answer

I tested TurboTax Online and 600 was taken on line 12c.

If you are having trouble, please try the steps listed below.

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 if you are taking the standard deduction and the charity cash contribution

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 600 if Married Filing Jointly

IF YOU ARE ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS enter 0

Scroll down and click Continue

Click Continue on the next screen

@HConcordMA

PLEASE NOTE, IF THESE STEPS DO NOT BRING YOU TO THE "CHARITABLE CASH CONTRIBUTION under CARES ACT" page, and you entered "Donations to Charity in 2021" under Deductions & Credits, you may need to delete that entry.

Click Deduction & Credits on the screen, and scroll down to "Donations to Charity in 2021" and click EDIT/ADD

Delete all entries

Click "Done with Charitable Donations" when all entries have been deleted.

Follow the steps listed above

[Edited 01/10/2022 I 3:26pm PST]

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donaldgfl

I am having the same problem as above. I still get an error message when I enter 600.

What is the proper amount if MFG standard Deduction?

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AnnetteB6

For the 2021 tax return using the Married Filing Joint filing status, you are allowed to deduct up to $600 in cash contributions to charity without claiming itemized deductions.

If you are using the Married Filing Joint filing status AND using the standard deduction:

As you go through your Federal return and you have entered your charitable contributions, you will not see any additional questions regarding your inputs. If your state return also allows you to deduct charitable contributions, then the amounts you entered will be taken into account on your state return.

After you have finished your state return and you are getting ready to file, when you run the final Review, you will probably see this message:

1040/1040SR Wks: Charitable Contributions: Charitable contributions has an unacceptable value

You will also see a place at the top of the screen for Charitable contributions with '300' in the box. Below that box, you can see your Form 1040 line 12a which shows the amount of your cash contributions that you already entered.

If your line 12a is greater or equal to $600, enter '600' in the box at the top of the screen.

If your line 12a is less than $600, enter your line 12a amount in the box at the top of the screen.

After changing the input at the top of the screen to the correct value, proceed through any other errors that may pop up and then move forward to file your return. It is very important that you do not revisit any other section of your return before you file or the change may not be retained or able to be changed a second time.

See the screenshot below for reference:

@donaldgfl

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ronaldcox3883

Employee

Thank you, AnnetteB6, but this is still a kludge. When will Intuit fix the bug? Also, as I commented before, Intuit used to give the details on the updates so we could see exactly what changed and whether or not there was something that affected us. My career in engineering management and my MBA finance courses are showing!