Deductions & credits

If we keep him as a dependent, we gain $500 in our return (as parents) and he will need to pay over $90.  If we delete him as a dependent, we lose $500 in our return as parents and states that No One will Claim Him in 2019 he gains over $2700 in his return as he paid for his own tuition.  

 

I would be happy to give up $500 so he can get his return on the tuition he paid.