Filling out 1098-T for college tuition and turbo tax asks for "Filer's federal ID no." What is this? Assuming student's SSN but formatted as

[Bsch4477]

That’s the EIN of the school. 

[Hal_Al]

TT is asking for the school's federal ID #.  It's the 2nd box down, on the left side of the 1098-T, labeled: FILER’S employer identification no

[FangxiaL]

The filer's federal ID is the college's tax id number (TIN). That number is required to be entered. 

It starts with 2 digits-7 more digits.

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