Details:
- 2 Qualified Educators
- $455 in combined expenses for Instructional Materials and Supplies
- Illinois State
Do we enter our educator expenses twice in TurboTax? The questionnaire asks for Federal Credit AND again in State Credits. I thought that I could only enter in one spot but I'm getting strange results.
If I do NOT enter expenses ANYWHERE I get (-$558) Fed & $1323 State
If I enter only in federal I get (-$459) Fed & $1345 State
If I enter only in state I get (-$558) Fed & $1778 State
If I enter BOTH federal and state I get (-$459) Fed & $1800 State
$0 benefit for entering nowhere (duh)
$121 benefit from entering in only Federal
$455 benefit from entering in only State (full recovery of cost)
$576 benefit from entering in both Federal and State (benefit is more than cost of supplies)
I know I can enter in one or the other but if I can't enter in both shouldn't TurboTax clarify that I cannot enter the same expenses in both locations and maximize the refund by determining which return to place the expenses on?
