Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

Earlier I said "In particular, be on the lookout for a screen “education expenses used for a tax credit”. It will usually be prepopulated (sometimes with $10K instead of the more appropriate $4K, or $2127 in your case). You can change it for the amount you want to allocate to the ed credit, including changing it to $0."

 

You don't change it to 0. You leave it at (or change it to) $2127, to get the credit.

 

For more specific advice, provide more numbers. Do you have expenses for books and a computer.  How much is your room and board.