Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.Student defined. To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, orA student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

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jacqueline-palos

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Does high school count as a full time student?

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June 1, 2019
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Best answer by sbooker

Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.

Student defined. To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

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Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.

Student defined. To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html