Thank you for the reply. My son's status is confirmed as independent and single. He is not not being claimed in my tax filings. The other piece of this is my son had +$22k in long term capital gains which put him at total
income of ~$30k, which was enter into Turbotax. Turbotax did calculate his taxes due on the gains
and reduce his tax refund substantial.
What I am trying to obtain are the details of how TurboTax decided Lifetime Learning Credit was not applicable when the program blindly performs "Maximize My Education Tax Break". There is no reason/explanation provided just a simple "You can't claim an education tax break". As I said two possible causes are: Somebody esle can claim you as a dependent" <-that's not the reason and "There were no net qualified education expenses" <-- hard to believe given +28k in qualified tuition plus $2k for required laptop.
