Update: I tried everything to get TurboTax to recognize books as a qualified AOTC expense on Form 8863 Line 27, but it still ignores it. I tried entering an amount for books in all 3 areas offered in the education expense area, but all are ignored, even though the summary includes them. It seems TurboTax is only including the amount from 1098-T in the 8863 AOTC calculation. I tried in 3 other tax programs and they all included books in their calculation, as I expected. I can't understand why TurboTax is not handling this the same.
