Does anyone else filing charitable donations with spouse causing one spouse to have to pay the next years estimated taxes in instalments?

[jgreene3]

this caused by a flaw in turbo tax not allowing the deductions to be split between spouses

[TurboTaxBrenda]

Were you using TurboTax Online or TurboTax Download?

[jgreene3]

using the download

[jgreene3]

using the download

[TurboTaxBrenda]

Did you split your charitable donations? You can verify which way would be best so that you owe less or get a refund- depending on your tax situation. Please see below: 

Then go to the "Find" on top of your return and type in Charitable donation optimizer. Go; it will help you see which one of you should claim or both possibly should claim the donation to make  you have a better return. 

Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

[jgreene3]

The steps listed below dont seem to be an option in the Standard package (you used Home and Business).  I had to file separately to get the split.  I even called your help desk and they "remotely accessed" into my computer and verified that the donations in the standard package could not be split. Nor would the optimizer allow a split

For example - If not split, total refund for both $8000 with donations; but one gets 12000 refund and the other  $4000 bill (this bill triggers a CRA instalment for the next year)