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The IRS may "fix" your error or the IRS may ask you to amend your return (or anything in between).
From your point of view, you have three things to do:
1. Before you get the letter, craft a written explanation explain why you took that credit by mistake. (Note, you are not the first taxpayer to do this)
2. When you get the IRS letter, read the letter carefully and do exactly what it says - amend or not amend, send this or that form, whatever.
3. The IRS usually gives you 3 weeks or so to respond. If you can't do what they want you to do in that timeframe, respond anyway, if only to explain that you are working on it and will have what they want soon. The worst thing in the world is to ignore the IRS.
Note that the IRS may actually be writing about something else entirely. In which case, do what they want you to do as well as explain that you took the HCTC by mistake. Ask them what to do. They may tell you to amend your return, but often they fix your return for you and ask if that is OK with you (yes, more often than not you will have to send them a check, but when you pay what they want, it's all over and done with).
If the IRS just asks for corrected forms, you will go through the amendment process in TurboTax anyway, to get the corrected forms; you just won't mail the entire package, but only what the IRS asks for.
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