NYS tuition credit is not allowed unless the student is claimed as a dependent. In this case, the deduction was reported on the state tax return on Line 48 of Form IT-196. It seems to me that a diagnostic message should have appeared stating that the tuition deduction is not allowed when the student is not claimed as a dependent.
Note that in this case the taxpayer was filing as head of household.
I'm thinking the software developers may want to look at this for future fixes.
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