My 2020 turbotax program will not allow me to use my sons education expenses for the American Opportunity Credit. He has only been in college for two years but he did take college classes while in High School his last two years and he did receive college credit for these classes for which we paid. Also there was a 1098-T for these two years. The AOC credit deduction dollar amounts for the limited classes taken in High School are minimal (hundreds of dollars) in comparison the the amounts when fully enrolled in college this past year. Is there a means to amend a previous tax return (2 years prior) to reflect theses prior expenses to be deducted using the Lifetime Learning Credit instead. Then to use the current expenses for 2020 for the American Opportunity Credit? Currently without this credit it will cost me approximately $2k more in owed taxes.
