My Daughter attends Cambridge University in UK and I have always taken American opportunity credit for this foreign school using the US FedID for the school but this year turbo tax is asking for EIN which I cannot find for the foreign school. Where can this be found and is it actually necessary? (Have the rules changed this year?) The school does not issue a 1098-T as it is a foreign school but that is not the problem, only this new EIN requirement to get the American opportunity credit. Please advise.
Did you get any update on this? I am also at Cambridge
I called Cambridge and they do not have an EIN. But the University had the College provide us with a letter with info similar to what's on a 1098-T (how much you've paid in tuition and fees for the year) .
So I plan to still try to take the credit by using a dummy EIN of nine 9s (with a dash after the first two 9s) , which then allows calculation of the AOC in TurboTax. I will then print out and file by mail attaching the letter from Cambridge and a letter from me explaining why I believe we are entitled to the credit because Cambridge University participates in the US federal student loan program but does not have an EIN.
I called Cambridge and they do not have an EIN. But the University had the College provide us with a letter with info similar to what's on a 1098-T (how much you've paid in tuition and fees for the year) .
So I plan to still try to take the credit by using a dummy EIN of nine 9s (with a dash after the first two 9s) , which then allows calculation of the AOC in TurboTax. I will then print out and file by mail attaching the letter from Cambridge and a letter from me explaining why I believe we are entitled to the credit because Cambridge University participates in the US federal student loan program but does not have an EIN.