Deductions & credits

@Hal_Al 

 

You are certainly right that I am confused by all the bits and pieces.  I have all the information you stated is needed.  It is just a matter of entering it in the correct place. I am also doing 3 tax returns.  

 

I glean from above that I could designate the entire scholarship amount as taxable.  In that case the “Report Educational Expenses and Benefits”  would be (full scholarship amount) – (amount needed to get max AOTC credit)?