Can i claim interest on a personal loan used to pay off student loan?

[mgreenan26034]

daughter is 23 and a full time student and I used personal loan to pay off student loan I do not have 1098-E can i claim the interest?

[CatinaT1]

No, this does not qualify as student loan interest.

[DoninGA]

Interest on a personal loan is not deductible on a tax return regardless of how the loan is used.

[Hal_Al]

Q. Can I claim the interest portion of the student loan that I paid off with the money from the personal loan? 

A. You can claim the interest deduction, if you meet the three requirements, and you paid the original student loan in 2024:

1. You paid the interest
2. You are legally obligated to pay it (co-signing counts)
3. The student was your dependent, at the time the loan was used to pay for qualified educational expenses (the TT pop up says “when you took out the loan”)