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How to alphabetize list of charities?

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March 2, 2021
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How to sort Charity Name in alphabetic order?

TurboTax Self Employed Online

The Schedule A deduction includes Charitable Contribution. If you don't itemize your deduction, you can enter $300 as adjustment to income. The lists of charitable organization may not be automatically alphabetized in Turbo Tax. You have to enter manually in alphabetical order.

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srveach49

TurboTax should fix this - if you add a charity, it will be entered in analphabetic order because you cannot INSERT a charity in the correct alphabetic order.

Just alphabetize charities automatically, or offer an Alphabetize button.

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bshields

I agree -- non alpha list of charities is a big annual drag.

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iOne

Windows TurboTax Download: Click the "Charity Name" header for a temporary sort

Mac TurboTax Download: Out of luck

TurboTax Online: Out of luck

TurboTax It's Deductible:
https://itsdeductibleonline.intuit.com/
Click the "Charity Name" header and/or the "State" header

It's Deductible is even more crufty than TT Desktop, be warned -- kind of looks like the last minor update was in 2006. And you can't export charity names from TT Desktop, or enter the Charity's EIN (except as a comment in the name).

See a large thread on this topic at https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-how-can-i-alphabetize-the-list-of-charitable-donations/01/2707088

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publicmarvin

Yeah, TT desktop mac - this is stupid. Intuit just rakes in profit, delivers minimal value. So many things that just work badly.

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iOne

@publicmarvin wrote:
Yeah, TT desktop mac - this is stupid. Intuit just rakes in profit, delivers minimal value. So many things that just work badly.

Hint 1: Switch to "forms mode" where the charities are alphabetized!
Hint 2: Fill out a charity marked "AA Misc", then in forms mode simply type the dates and amounts for all cash contributions. They're summarized in a single line for the IRS anyway, so the per-charity detail can be kept for your records elsewhere.

Inuit is not really updating, fixing or caring about TT Desktop. It's a White Elephant.