JotikaT2
Employee Tax Expert

Education

TurboTax will take your entries from the Education section and calculate the credit or deduction which will be most advantageous to you. 

 

In your case, the Tuition and Fees deduction is giving you a better tax outcome that using the Lifetime Learning Credit would.  

 

I have attached a few links to illustrate what the differences are:

 

Chart comparing credits

 

Tuition & fees deduction

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