My wife is applying for ITIN with our joint federal tax return. TurboTax doesn't allow us to claim her Learning Credits because she doesn't have an ITIN/SSN now.Solution?

[kaichieh7882]

I am a resident alien and she will be treated as a resident alien for the year. TurboTax live support told us to put her education expenses for the Lifetime Learning credits. But when I finished the Deductions

[Mike9241 · Accepted solution]

file now without claiming the credit and amend once you get the ITIN and your return is fully processed. 

[kaichieh7882]

Thanks. I was thinking the same thing too. But as far as I know, our return will be sent to an agency that handles ITIN first if I attach her W7 with the tax return. Then the agency will append her ITIN to the tax return before reaching the IRS. In this case, I should have been able to claim the tax credit before we actually receive the ITIN, because as far as IRS is concerned, she has an ITIN when they receive the tax return.