@DnArturo
It’s actually a fairly complicated situation that some of us “experts“ I’ve been complaining about for several years. (this is a long story and will help you file your tax return so feel free to ignore it.)
There are some times when a parent does not want to claim a child as a dependent but the child still qualifies the parent to claim head of household status, earned income credit, and the daycare credit. Most of the time, this relates to separation or divorce. So, simply suppressing the interview isn’t enough. Also, the order of interview questions and the structure of the interview is supervised by the IRS, so major changes won’t be allowed. Some of us have complained for years that the current interview questions can lead to an incorrect result or be misinterpreted when to unmarried parents live together and share custody. However, we have been told that TurboTax focus grouped the issue and decided not to ask specific questions to identify parents living together unmarried, because that was considered too “sensitive.” Most pages on TurboTax have a blue or colored link that says something like “tell me more,” and the instruction for your situation that would have told you not to claim your child may be buried there.
In any case, it’s something that some of us are aware of but TurboTax is not willing to move on the issue.
