The "Charitable donation optimizer" does not work for couples who want to split their donations - except for the simplest of situations. It seems the optimizer is based on the misconception that it is always best to commit all the donations to one spouse in order to avoid the $200 lower credit bracket. However, this is definitely not the case for larger donors who need to distribute between spouses to lower taxes payable on both returns. TurboTax is an admirable application in most regards but the "Charitable donation optimizer" is an embarrassment to an otherwise great app. Is this something TurboTax staff could give a priority to in the next year's version?
