Your first line of your original post states "your granddaughter is independent of her parents". Form 8615 is for children who can be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's return. If she is truly independent, her parents will not claim her as a dependent. If you are not claiming her as a dependent as well, then she needs to mark on her tax return that she cannot be claimed as a dependent and there will be no need for the Form 8615.
To change this in TurboTax Online please follow these steps:
- Within her return click on My Info in the black menu bar on the left
- Click Edit on her name
- Scroll down to #3 and make sure No is selected for Someone else can claim me as a dependent on their tax return.
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