Tuition and fees deduction

[Scoop980]

Is a  student eligible to claim the tuition and fees deduction or the life time learning credit for 2020 if parents paid the tuition?  he cannot be claimed as a dependent on because he was 24 in 2020. 

[xmasbaby0]

Yes the student can use the education credit on his own return since he cannot be claimed as a dependent.   Parents cannot get education credit for a child who cannot be claimed as a dependent.   

[Hal_Al]

Yes.  Although the general rule, in taxes,  is that  you must pay it to claim it, there is an exception for education benefits.