Parent name is listed on form 1098-E and makes all payments. Student is an adult and cannot be claimed as a dependent. TurboTax says the interest paid cannot be credited to the parent. I am reading many other posts that say I should be able to list it as the legal owner and payer of the interest on the loan
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If you are the borrower or co-signer of a student loan you took out for your dependent and you paid the loan, you can deduct the student loan interest.
Please read this TurboTax article on the student loan interest deduction.
You can claim the interest deduction, if you meet the three requirements:
Since you have a 1098-E in your name, there should be no part of the interview stopping you from getting the interest deduction ("TurboTax says the interest paid cannot be credited to the parent"?).
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