Paying tuition at an overseas school;tax return is asking for a Fed tax ID; since school is not in the country no federal tax ID; Form 8917 used by accountants in past.

[Carl]

See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8917.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8917.pdf</a>

[KarenJ]

Unfortunately, the tuition and fees deduction was not renewed by Congress for 018.