I am not sure that there is a direct correlation between a foreign university being approved to participate in the U.S. federal student aid program and the school having a U.S. Federal ID Number/FEIN for me to report education expenses. My daughter attends Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK. They are on the list for FAFSA/Student Loans, etc., are approved for U.S. student aid, and appear wherever those lists are found along with their school code used for those purposes. I contacted them and they said they do not have a U.S. Federal ID Number and/or FEIN, but can provide a letter documenting education expenses that they say U.S. filers have successfully used in the past for tax deduction purposes. Unfortunately, Turbo Tax requires the Federal ID Number in order to apply the deduction, does not allow me to override that requirement, and has no capacity to include a letter from the University. If what Aberystwyth says is correct, then this is a flaw in Turbo Tax.
