The TurboTax interview process did not ask me the number of years I have claimed the American Opportunity Credit (AOC) for my dependent student. If it had asked, I would have answered 4 times previously, in tax years 2021, 2016, 2015, and 2014. Perhaps the TT algorithm looked back a few years but did not look back far enough, and failed to ask about earlier years. It is too late to file an amended tax return for 2016 to cancel the relatively small AOC credit that year. I could not find an easy way to drop the AOC form in 2022 so that I can file an amended return and take the Lifetime Learning Credit instead of AOC. In any case, my return is being reviewed by the IRS and hopefully they can apply the Lifetime Learning Credit and bill me for the difference in 2022.
