South Carolina 2010: Certain Customers May have an Incorrect Tuition Tax Credit
South Carolina has a tuition tax credit that is available to certain students, who graduated from a South Carolina high school during or after May 2005, and attend a qualified higher learning institution within 12 months of high school graduation.
Certain customers may not have received the full tuition tax credit on their 2010 South Carolina tax return and may have overpaid their South Carolina income taxes.
The issue has been fixed.
How to tell if you are impacted
You are affected if:
- You filed a 2010 South Carolina tax return prior to 2/19/2011 AND
- For tax year 2010, you had more than one person (you, your spouse, and/or dependent) listed on your tax return as eligible for this tuition tax credit AND
- Your South Carolina tax return shows only one person’s tax credit (see SC Form I-319).
If you are affected, you may have overpaid your South Carolina tax. You will need to amend your South Carolina tax return.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the South Carolina – Tuition Tax Credit.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 6 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
- You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to South Carolina.
Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy to South Carolina.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
