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@wesoverstreet4 Odd... that usually removes the credit since Student's are not allowed this credit.
Try this -
Click on Federal
Click on Deductions & Credits
Scroll down to Retirement and Investments
On Retirement Savings and Contribution Credit, click on Start
During this interview you will be asked if you are a full time student, so answer Yes
Go back to My Info and change your occupation to Student. This will remove the Saver's Credit and let you continue to use the Free online edition.
Click on My Info on the left side of the online program screen. Edit your personal information.
Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Here's what I did:
1. My Info > Edit > Set occupation to "Student"
2. Went to file... nope.
3. Tools > Delete form 8880
4. Go to file.. nope.
Then I edited my info again to even check the "I was a full-time student" box, then repeated the steps above, and nothing.
It keeps telling me to review my "Retirement Contributions." I leave everything blank and there is no way to remove this.
Any other ideas?
@wesoverstreet4 Odd... that usually removes the credit since Student's are not allowed this credit.
Try this -
Click on Federal
Click on Deductions & Credits
Scroll down to Retirement and Investments
On Retirement Savings and Contribution Credit, click on Start
During this interview you will be asked if you are a full time student, so answer Yes
Did you enter a W-2 with an amount in Box 12 or 'Retirement Plan' checked?
If so, you would need to remove these items to exclude the Retirement Contribution Savings Credit.
This didn't the first time around so I had to "Clear and Restart" and I tried avoiding this credit entirely -- but Turbotax still adds it...
However, this second time around, I went with your solution on the first time I had to "Start/Review" the credit and it worked!
Seems like a sleazy way to try and force me into the "Deluxe" edition.
Thank you!
I almost did this since I was running into the same problem, but for my situation realized adding the $400 credit to my federal refund was worth subtracting the $129 Live Deluxe from it.
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