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The bottom line for Optional books and materials is for those items not purchased from the school.
I encourage you to read the bottom line again: It does not say what you wrote at all - does not say "not purchased from the school"! It says "Optional books and material from the school". Here is the image again for you to reacquaint yourself with the verbiage (I apologize if this sounds sarcastic, not meant to be, rather seems like you haven't carefully read the the 'redesigned' displayed text)
You wrote:
but do notice that those expenses do not carry over to the next two columns for either the Lifetime Learning Credit or the American Opportunity Credit. This would be the reason why questions regarding these expenses do not appear in this section.
I understand. But why is TT deciding what I can and cannot enter and omit it from the section. Just give me the choice to enter all of my expenses like it did last year in the interview section (instead of forcing me into the forms view). Many less-sophisticated users are left confused not knowing where to enter them as it still makes a $ difference in the tax return.
Thank you again for responding.
