She didn't claim an education credit, and just is getting her withholdings back from federal and state. I don't want to claim her as a dependent, because it does nothing for us, so can I just delete her information from TurboTax so it doesn't show on our return? Then claim her (if it's worth anything - we should be able to get the $500 dependent credit because we're not planning on big Roth conversions again this year) in 2025?
Will not claiming her as a dependent in 2024 cause the 529 withdrawals paid to my husband (not her or the university) in 2024 to be disallowed by the custodian (we're not even putting the 1099-Q or 1098-T on our return per advice given by another TT Expert yesterday)? We're not saying we didn't pay her tuition or room and board, we're just not claiming her as a dependent (like not claiming itemized deductions that we could have) because there is no difference in our tax.
