Thanks for responding but I'm not sure I completely understand your comment that you can't just choose to claim him or not. If I understand correctly it's not required to to claim someone just because you can. That's why on his form it asks "Can someone claim you?" and then "Will they claim you?", it's also why you can delete someone even if they are a dependent.
So I guess my confusion is why does Turbotax not allow me to answer "Yes" that he paid more than half his expenses and therefore disqualify him as a dependent, and even if he did "qualify" as a dependent why does Turbotax still consider him a dependent if I don't claim him and he chooses "No" for "Will they claim you?"
It seems that even if he qualifed as a dependent, if I don't claim him he should be able to receive the education benefits since I'm not receiving the other child tax credit nor the education credit. I've "given up" my credits so that he can have them, but Turbotax won't let me do that.
