@AmyC Thank you for the big picture perspective you shared. Regarding your third bullet, are you saying that you still think there's a way I can get TurboTax to use the AOC for my daughters' return (if I wanted to) in her particular scenario? Or are you saying that there isn't really a way to do this, but that I shouldn't worry when considering the big picture? If there is a way, I still haven't found it.
Regarding your concern about not being eligible for either credit if someone CAN claim her. I too saw that statement in the comparison table and it contradicted what I saw in the 2022 version (since the 2023 version isn't yet available) of Publication 970:
For example, on Page 12, it says you cannot claim the AOTC if "you are claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return". And in Figure 2-1 on Page 13, the flowchart says "Are you listed as a dependent on another person’s tax return?"
So clearly the wording in the 2022 Publication 970 document suggests it's not about whether you CAN claim her, but whether you DO claim her. Do you know if something has changed for 2023? I figured I'd wait for the 2023 version of Publication 970 to come out to see if there's still a discrepancy or not. Thanks!
