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rwright35
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This is my sons taxes i'm doing. I'm claiming him on my taxes. Does my son get to use the 1098t on his taxes?

 
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MinhT
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This is my sons taxes i'm doing. I'm claiming him on my taxes. Does my son get to use the 1098t on his taxes?

If you are claiming your son as a dependent, you only can claim his education expenses reported on form 1098-T.

Your son, as a dependent, cannot claim his education expenses. He also needs to indicate on his tax return that Someone one else is claiming him as a dependent.

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MinhT
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This is my sons taxes i'm doing. I'm claiming him on my taxes. Does my son get to use the 1098t on his taxes?

If you are claiming your son as a dependent, you only can claim his education expenses reported on form 1098-T.

Your son, as a dependent, cannot claim his education expenses. He also needs to indicate on his tax return that Someone one else is claiming him as a dependent.

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