What about: "Your earned income was less than half of your support in 2019... Yes/No"?
This is after establishing the parent can't claim you as a dependent so the parent isn't providing more than half of support, but it still seems that to qualify for the education credits, you also have to have earned income that that is 50% or more of your support.
Lets say total support is $50K. Parents are alive but supplying less than $25K so their high income is no longer a hinderance (they can't claim you), but you still need to earn at least $25K to qualify for education tax credits. 529 Withdrawals, loans, and investment returns do not count as earned income. Am I understanding this correct?
