Education Expenses
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Enter the education expenses for you, your spouse, and your dependents on the College Tuition Expenses (Form 1098-T) screens. We'll automatically calculate which education credit gives you the largest refund.
It depends on each taxpayer's circumstances whether it is better to take the American Opportunity Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit. We will automatically calculate which is best to take for each student. See American Opportunity Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit.
If you're claimed as a dependent on your parents' tax return, you aren't eligible to claim an education credit. Your parents, or whoever is claiming you as a dependent, are the ones who are eligible to claim the education credit for the tuition paid for you, whether or not you or your parents actually paid the tuition.
Enter the education expenses for you, your spouse, and your dependents on the College Tuition Expenses (Form 1098-T) screens. We'll automatically calculate which education credit gives you the largest refund.
It depends on each taxpayer's circumstances whether it is better to take the American Opportunity Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit. We will automatically calculate which is best to take for each student. See American Opportunity Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit.
If you're claimed as a dependent on your parents' tax return, you aren't eligible to claim an education credit. Your parents, or whoever is claiming you as a dependent, are the ones who are eligible to claim the education credit for the tuition paid for you, whether or not you or your parents actually paid the tuition.
