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Without knowing the details of your particular tax return, there is no way to know exactly why TurboTax determined that the Tuition and Fees Deduction is your best option.
However, you can attempt to change the education tax benefit that is being chosen for you by TurboTax in order to see how another option would affect your return.
Override the Education Optimizer and select the education tax benefit you want to claim by using the following steps:
See the following TurboTax article for more details if the steps above do not work:
How do I override the TurboTax Education Optimizer selection?
Are you still in the first 4 years of undergraduate study?
There's a new urban myth among college students that says they can get a $1000 from the government just for filing a tax form. For most of them, they simply aren't eligible. A full time unmarried student, under age 24, even if you don't qualify as a dependent, is only eligible for the refundable portion of the American Opportunity Credit if he supports himself by working. You cannot be supporting yourself on parental support, 529 plans or student loans & grants. You usually must have actually paid tuition, not had it paid by scholarships & grants. It is usually best if the parent claims that credit.
You cannot claim a credit if you are, or can be, claimed as a dependent by someone else.
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