Well for the heck of it I opened her return and just changed her W-2 to make it look like she made an extra $2,500 and yes it did affect the amount of her refund ..a hundred bucks or so... so I assume if I figured out where to put the information properly it would do the same. I really hate to do this on her return because I never have before.
I'm going to try to figure out how to delete the education section and re-enter it and see if anything changes. I do not remember it telling me I had to do something on my daughter's return. Worst case if I'm audited in some fashion I hope I can Bank on the fact that a stay-at-home live at home eat at home room and board expense would easily cover 4k. I'm glad she's graduating because this is a nightmare!
