Thanks so much for your response. I realized I was using some of the wrong terminology in my original post (I think I have been at this too long!). What I meant to say was I was trying to obtain the entire $2500 credit on $4000 worth of her college expenses, even if she had to claim some as income. I did look at my 1040 as you suggested, and line 29 shows the American Opportunity Credit is $744. Our taxable income was 94,636, and we had over 12,000 held in taxes (owe 9,153). It seems like we should be able to get a much larger AOC.
