This problem has been going on since at least 2019 (just do a Google Search). Turbo Tax is NOT SMART enough to know that just because a student that is filing his/her own taxes despite being a dependent, the parent may not qualify for any education tax credit. It just blindly assume the credit was taken by the parents/guardians.
It is taking the lazy way out by just assuming and reducing the educational expenses by $10,000. I have no idea where the $10,000 comes from as pointed out in a previous reply.
To TURBO TAX programmers, I have wasted hours trying to figure what was going on. All you need to add to you program is a simple question. Either ask (1) whether or not parents claim the educational credits OR (2) ask for Parents AGI to automatically determine if there is any credit to be claimed. if there is a possibility then ask question (1).
The people in the 2019 thread (see below) had to manually change the Line 17 (1st column) in the Student Information Worksheet to $0.00 Read and Decide for Yourself. Line 17 is the source of all of this grief.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/i-am-not-eligible-for-a-tuition-and-f...
PLEASE FIX THIS FOR TAX YEAR 2022!
