After sitting on a call with Intuit support for almost 3 hours, I tinkered around and figured out a way to get past this error. The logic may seem nonsensical, so bear with me.
In your Georgia state return, follow these steps:
- Income
- Other Additions to Georgia Income
- EDU EXP ADJ
- $ amount approved from your GA SSO
- Credits
- Education Expense Credit - ***SKIP***
- Business and Individual Credit
- 125. Qualified Education Expense Credit
- Your Name (& spouse)
- Certificate # from your GA SSO
- $ amount from your GA SSO
- Individual/Company ID Number
- [x] SSN
- ID Number (primary taxpayer’s SSN)
- Qualified Education Donation Tax Credit
- [x] No - (selecting yes will cause a Smart Check error)
- Georgia Business, K-1, and Other Schedule 2 Credit Carry Forward
When you continue forward, you reach the step Let’s check it over
- 1 item found
- Delete Donation Credit Amount (0.) [the field should be blank]
- Continue
Notes:
• This method will NOT generate an IT-QEE-TP2, but GA has been accepting my returns without that form since 2021
• In prior tax years, I was able to set the Education Expense Credit contribution to $0 to get past the old error (duplicated Credits), but this no longer works
