Foreign College

[837465]

Turbo Tax Deluxe is not letting me file using our son's education deduction from the University of British Columbia, Filer's Federal ID 00-8369000.  It keeps rejecting the ID number. I know it is correct and a valid deduction from an eligible institution..  This is what our H&R Block advisor used for the last few years.  I've spent 3 days inputting my information into this bugged system.  Please help.

[SusanY1]

It looks like H&R Block used a generic or "dummy" number, which TurboTax does not allow.  Real federal IDs do not start with 00.  

However, you are right that University of British Columbia is a qualifying institution. 

I was able to find that their real federal ID is  98-6001255.  Please try this number in TurboTax and let us know if you continue to have any issues.  

[837465]

Yes, it worked.  Thank you!