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Yes, you can claim the education credit for your wife college tuition if you meet the IRS requirements.
Qualifications for claiming the American Opportunity Tax Credit are:
You must be considered an eligible student:
You are eligible to claim the Lifetime Learning Credit if all of the following requirements are met:
One of the advantages of the Lifetime Learning Credit is that you can take the credit every year for higher education as long as you meet the qualifying requirements.
Note that you cannot claim the Tuition and Fees Deduction as this expired at the end of 2016. See below.
Yes, you can claim the education credit for your wife college tuition if you meet the IRS requirements.
Qualifications for claiming the American Opportunity Tax Credit are:
You must be considered an eligible student:
You are eligible to claim the Lifetime Learning Credit if all of the following requirements are met:
One of the advantages of the Lifetime Learning Credit is that you can take the credit every year for higher education as long as you meet the qualifying requirements.
Note that you cannot claim the Tuition and Fees Deduction as this expired at the end of 2016. See below.
i entered tuition expenses of 20k+ from box 1 of a 1098t for my adult child who qualifies as a dependent as he was a full time student. I am within the income parameters for married filing jointly. I meet the other qualifications you listed. This my son's first year to college. Turbo Tax did not give me either the lifetime education credit nor the American opportunity credit. the line is zero , where as last year, that line is 5,714 for my other son for these credits
You've entered something wrong.
Go through the entire education interview until you reach a scree titled "Your Education Expenses Summary". Click edit next to the student's name. That should take you to a screen “Here’s your Education Summary”. Click edit next to the section you want to change; tuition, in your case.
Details:
To enter your Form 1098-T information (even when TurboTax thinks it has already been entered and is showing $0), go through the entire education expenses section of your return until you reach the screen titled “Your Education Expenses Summary”, then follow these steps:
To go directly to the Education section of your return, use these steps:
Also see: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/entering-importing/help/how-do-i-enter-form-1098-t/00/26336
I had to go into forms view, make the corrections to the college tuition forms, then i went back to regular view and at the end of the education section, TT correctly selected the tax credit. I either incorrectly selected something the first time I went through the education section or this is a bug in the program. the first time i went all the way to the end and thought that the tool to check the return might find an error, it did not. when i went to forms, multiple forms had errors including the education section. But thanks, I see other people having the same issue, check your forms!
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