Education 1098-T

[aaroncorpus]

Turbotax program said, not qualified for AOC or Lifetime, but still used 8863 Lifetime Credit, why didn't it use 8917?

[ThomasM125]

Form 8917 Tuition and Fees Deduction will allow you to deduct all or a portion of your education expenses from your taxable income before your tax is calculated.

Form 8863 Education Credits will allow you to deduct all or a portion of your education expenses from your income tax, so it normally gives you a bigger deduction.

[Hal_Al]

If you're not qualified for the AOC or LLC, you're usually not qualified for the TFD (8917) either. 

For rules, see instructions at

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8917.pdf