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Your school did it wrong or you are describing it wrong.  The box 1 amount should be the total tuition (and fees) paid, regardless of whether it was paid by scholarship or out of pocket (or  by loans, 529 plans, parents or grandparents).    If you are sure that you are correct, then yes the box 1 amount (actually shown on your 1098-T) is the amount to be used to claim the credit (plus the cost of any books and a computer).  You'll have to make adjustments when you enter the 1098-T.     

Same for me. I have no idea why this account and routing number was put into my tax return. California told me that my refund was sent on 1/29/26. It is 2/12/26 and NO ONE seems to know where my money is. And you can’t find a number to cross river and when you find A number, it leads you back to turbo tax. 

As long as you haven't submitted payment, deducted the TurboTax fee from your refund, or registered, you can erase your return and start from scratch in TurboTax Online. Sign in and select a topic to continue your return. On the next screen, from the left-side menu, select Tax Tools, and then Clear & Start Over (select the menu icon in the upper-left corner if you don't see this menu). Answer Yes in the pop-up to confirm.

Withholding taxes are automatically viewed to have been taken out each day during the year equally.  So W2s are automatically annualized and receiving the best possible treatment for estimated taxes.  You can't change them to one quarter.

Thank you for your reply.  One question.  I know how TurboTax AZ knows to add the additional senior discount from the Federal return.  But since it does not display it on the AZ tax schedules, how does the AZ taxing authority know why the detail does not support the number that ends up in the AZ return?  I don't believe that any of the Federal return forms or schedules make up any part of the AZ return.  How does AZ know that the $4,393 is correct since it appears nowhere on the AZ schedules?

It sounds like you might be confusing two different credits.   If you can claim your daughter as a "qualifying relative" dependent then you can get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents.  When you mentioned "child" credit---did you confuse that with the child and dependent care credit---which is the one you get if you pay someone to take care of them so you can work?   To get the credit for other dependents:   Make sure you have entered your daughter as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered her Social Security number.    Careful— do not say that your daughter's SSN is not valid for employment.   There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support.  Say NO to that question.     Qualifying relative They don't have to be related to you (despite the name). They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else. They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident. They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse. They lived with you the entire year (exceptions apply). They made less than $5200 in 2025 (not counting Social Security) You provided more than half of their financial support. When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them. There may be other tax benefits you can get when you claim a dependent. Related Information: What does "financially support another person" mean?     The credit for other dependents will show up on line 19 of your Form 1040.   PREVIEW 1040 https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/preview-turbotax-online-return-filing/L77WCkvnu_US_en_US?uid=m681fkhr   Child Tax Credit line 19 Credit for Other Dependents line 19 Earned Income Credit line 27 Additional Child Tax Credit line 28    

You are missing half the question.  Is it cut off?  The full question is,   Check here if your main home, and your spouse’s if filing a joint return, was in the U.S. for more than half of 2025.   In other words, did you live in the US more than half the year?