ALL the expenses are claimed by the same Taxpayer, the Taxpayer that claims the student.
If you are claiming yourself, you claim all the payments made in 2018, including payments made by others, scholarships, grants, as well as financed with student loans.
The expenses paid for with scholarships can only be claimed for a credit if you allocate the scholarship to "Other education expenses", such as room and board and also claim the scholarship as income.
Enter the 1098-T and follow the interview. You must count any times your parents claimed the credits as part of your limit for the American Opportunity Tax Credit.
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