Deductions & credits

Heck...that issue skipped thru my mind entirely. I hadn't thought about which credit is applied first....Looks like the Car credit is applied first...you're right.  (at least the way the 2018 What-IF applies it).

Could convert more IRA--to-Roth if you want to get to zero
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