Question

Paola and Isadora Shaw are married, file a joint tax return, and have one dependent child, Dante. The Shaws report modified AGI of $139,220. The couple paid $14,970 of tuition and $8,610 for room and board for Dante, a full-time first-year student at Serene College and claimed as a dependent by Paola and Isidora.

Required:
Determine the amount of the Shaws' American Opportunity credit for the year.

Answer 1

Answer: $2500

Step-by-step explanation:

The American opportunity tax credit has to do with the expenses which is paid on qualified education for a student who's eligible and this is typically for the first four years.

A maximum annual credit of $2,500 can be gotten per eligible student. Since the modified AGI of $139,220 is less than $180000 which is the limit, then they'll be eligible for $2500.