If I did not pay for my tuition, how do I get around doing the 1098-T? My dad has the form and is going to get the tax benefits from it since he paid the tuition.

[MiriamF]

If you are your father's dependent, then he is the one who is qualified to claim the education credit.

The issue is not who paid the tuition, but whether you paid for more than half of your support. If you did, then you are not a dependent and you can claim your own education credit. The IRS would treat tuition paid by someone else as a gift to you, the student.

Here are?rules for claiming a dependent.