回复：请教: Hope/Lifetime Tax Credit

I assume that you are filing jointly as a couple and your spouse have a college degree already? if so, you can't claim the hope credit. if your spouse never went to college or any school after finishing high school, let me know and I will tell you how to claim the hope credit.

ok. lets say that your MAGI is I. and the tuition you paid is T. let's say that

20% of T == X and (if X is more than 2000. use 2000 for X)

I - 85000 == Y (if your MAGI is more than 105000, use 105000 for I)

then X*(1-(Y/I) == the amount you could claim as lifetime learning credit.