Notice code 243 (Default) — We changed the amount claimed as education credits on page 2 of your tax return because there was an…

We changed the amount claimed as education credits on page 2 of your tax return because there was an error on Form 8863, Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits). The error was in the: - computation of the credit on line 29 of Form 8863 and/or - transfer of that amount to page 2 on your tax return.

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We changed the amount claimed as education credits on page 2 of your tax return because there was an error on Form 8863, Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits). The error was in the: - computation of the credit on line 29 of Form 8863 and/or - transfer of that amount to page 2 on your tax return.