topic Enter the number of prior years that the American Opportunity Credit and Hope Credit have been claimed for Alicia. I'm not understanding what this means in Education

topic Enter the number of prior years that the American Opportunity Credit and Hope Credit have been claimed for Alicia. I'm not understanding what this means in Education https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/enter-the-number-of-prior-years-that-the-american-opportunity-credit-and-hope-credit-have-been/01/106337#M2968 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:45:10 GMT aliceflores29 2019-06-01T04:45:10Z Enter the number of prior years that the American Opportunity Credit and Hope Credit have been claimed for Alicia. I'm not understanding what this means https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/enter-the-number-of-prior-years-that-the-american-opportunity-credit-and-hope-credit-have-been/01/106337#M2968 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:45:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/enter-the-number-of-prior-years-that-the-american-opportunity-credit-and-hope-credit-have-been/01/106337#M2968 aliceflores29 2019-06-01T04:45:10Z Are you a full time student? Have you been claiming stude... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/are-you-a-full-time-student-have-you-been-claiming-stude/01/106352#M2971 Are you a full time student? Have you been claiming student status for the past few years? You only get to claim a certain number of years. so if you have previously claimed it, and claimed the credit, then you cannot claim it now. there is a help button near that to Learn More .. click on it. If you have never filed as a student before then you qualify for either one or both. It is good to know about. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:45:12 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/are-you-a-full-time-student-have-you-been-claiming-stude/01/106352#M2971 agkylie36 2019-06-01T04:45:12Z