To do what you want to do (get the full American Opportunity Tax Credit) you need to show 4,000 excess education expenses.
You show 76 scholarships and 57 tuition, that means you show 19,000 in taxable scholarships and no excess education expenses.
You would need to claim 23,000 taxable scholarships in order to have 4,000 excess expenses.
You can also add books and supplies which are not listed on your 1098-T as expenses.
If you were ever claimed as a dependent student and that person claimed the American Opportunity Tax Credit using your expenses, that would count against the four time limit you can claim that credit.
If you don't have Form 1099-Q reporting a savings account distribution, the option of entering Room and Board is not given, the reason being that room and board can offset the tax on a distribution, but not a scholarship.
Enter the 1098-T into your TurboTax program and go through the entire interview until you get to select "Maximize my tax break"
Deductions & Credits
Education
If it is advantageous to your tax situation, the program will suggest you claim additional scholarships as income to get the education credit.
If not, type letme into the searchbox and click the "jump to letme" link.
That screen allows you to change the amount of expenses you want to apply to the credit.
The max for the American Opportunity Tax Credit is 4,000
The max for the Lifetime Learning Credit is 10,000
Whether it's worth doing depends on your other income and your tax bracket.
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