BillM223
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Deductions & credits

There is not a bug in the software. Please read...

 

1. "Where would this status normally be entered?" If you entered the dependent care credit interview before you entered both W-2s, then TurboTax would have presented you with a screen asking if either of you were disabled or a full-tine student. It would ask this because it saw that one or both of you had no earned income (the W-2s).

 

To remove this, try going back to the child and dependent care interview (under Deductions & Credits) to see if that is the first screen  - if so, then uncheck the appropriate boxes. Otherwise you may have to delete the form 2441 (see instructions below).

 

2. You can get the Lifetime Learning Credit without regard to entries in the child and dependent care interview.

 

***to remove a form***

 

*** Desktop***

1. go to View (at the top), choose Forms, and select the desired form (2441). Note the Delete Form button at the bottom of the screen.

*** Online ***

1. go to Tax Tools (on the left), and navigate to Tools->Delete a form

2. delete form(s) 2441 

3. go back and redo the dependent care interview

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