My lifetime learning credit shows in the tax review but is not added to the total return. It wants me to pay the full amount. What can I do?

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April 12, 2024
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I am in graduate school and the credit is shown in the breakdown of taxes, but it is not taking any amount off of my fairly high back tax total.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

The Lifetime Learning Credit is non-refundable. It can reduce the tax you owe, but is not added to your refund.

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Hal_Al

Employee

If you don't qualify for the Lifetime Learning Credit, or want to eliminate it, you'll have to delete the forms that are related to education credits.

If you see form 8863 and form 1098-T, delete them. Click here for instructions