Charitable Contributions

If you entered in Charitable Contributions because you are itemizing, you can enter zero here.  This spot is for the CARES charitable deduction but TurboTax is a bit sticky with the entry.

If you continue to get the error follow these steps:

TurboTax ONLINE

1. Click Tax Tools on the left side bar
2. Click Tools from the drop-down
3. Click the "Topic Search" box on the screen
4. Type or scroll down to    standard deduction and exemptions
5. 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

     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  300

IF YOU ARE ITEMIZING DEDUCTIONS enter 0

     Scroll down and click Continue

     Click Continue on the next screen