Question

I DON'T WANT to claim the American Opportunity Tax Credit

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 12, 2019
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I don't want to claim this tax credit, even though I qualify for it. How do tell turbotax to suppress this option?

Employee

You can switch to the Lifetime Learning Credit instead by entering "letme" onto the search topics box.

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

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zingtweakAuthor

Entering "letme" without quotes has no effects. This approach does not work. thank you for your time though

macuser_22

Employee

Then you are not doing it right. See this help article:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/accessing/help/how-do-i-override-the-turbotax-education-optimizer-selection/01/26150

It should take you to the "Education and Credits" section and ask if you want to change your deduction.

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

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zingtweakAuthor

Thanks for the help but TurboTax won't let me get to the education credit page. Just zaps to the wrapping up tax credit page. Inputting "letme" is also only giving me a bunch of vaguely related help pages.

Hal_Al

Employee

You are not required to claim a credit that your are allowed. But not claiming it doesn't allow somebody else to claim it. For example if you are the parent that is allowed to claim the credit, you cannot forego claiming it to allow the student other other parent to claim it. They must qualify. The general rule, if you qualify to claim it; they don't qualify.