Thanks! Great feedback!
1. She was not a FT student, but was "at least half time", so I think that factor, plus the excess of $4300 of income, is why she wasn't allowed as a dependent by TT. Actually, I was impressed by TT on this as it was the only software that brought that to my attention. The other programs didn't ask about income and allowed her as a dependent.
2. No scholarships.
3. Great point! Yes, she did live at home. I didn't even think to consider room and board expenses for that scenario.
I'm still not sure of why TT calculated the $1114 taxable income instead of $1171, and also didn't include books in education expenses. It shows the books included in the summary, but not in the credit amount from form 8863. There are 3 lines for books, and I tried each one just to see if anything changed, but it didn't. I also cycled through the calculation section several times. I'll try to zero everything out and step through the program again to see if that helps.
Thanks for your help!
