Deductions & credits

I don't think you can skip taking it, but what you could try doing is efile without it, and then file an amended return on paper to take the credit carryover.  Since the IRS backlog of unprocessed paper returns is so large, I feel it is better to have an amended return stuck in the backlog than an original return.  I may have to do this with a 1041 Trust return, since it appears that Turbotax isn't planning to add the 1116 Schedule B to Turbotax Business.