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Deductions & credits
This is a tricky situation overall. New IRS regulations say that no college tax breaks can be awarded unless the college issues a 1098-T. There is an exception in the law for certain cases in which colleges are not required to issue the form, but in my reading of this law, simply being a foreign school is not one of the allowable exceptions.
Other experts on this forum have indicated that the IRS will still award to credit for attending a foreign school if there is no 1098T, but the e-filing rules require it. So the only way to claim a college credit without a 1098T is to print your return and file by mail. You might want to attach a brief letter of explanation that the school is accredited under the US Department of education.
May 5, 2022
5:51 AM