sonofthebearded
Returning Member

Deductions & credits

Thank you for the reply. I finally had time to look into this again:

1040 line 19: 1,200

Line 28: 4,800

Line 31 on 1040 is blank - are you sure that's the correct line? It says Amount from Schedule 3, line 15. Sched 3 line 15 is add lines 9-12 and 14 which are all blank.

 

I called the IRS and the first lady was rude and hung up on me. I talked to a man next who ran through all of the worksheets and said it looked like $4,800 was taken off the Adoption Credit? He got to the 8839 Credit Limit Worksheet - Line 15 section and was getting a different amount from what TurboTax calculated(6,817) for line 2 (it was 87 thousand something - I didn't write down the exact amount) but also said it was a different amount than the IRS computer calculated. He transferred me to the credits department who said they couldn't help and transferred me to another department that couldn't help. I am now waiting another callback.