Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

Where? Google something like “529 room and board living at home” and you’ll get multiple references.

The bottom line is:

  You may exclude your actual cost or the school's aid allowance, which ever is less. You may need to check with your child’s school to learn the room and board allowance for students living at home with parents. It’s likely to be less than off-campus students living independently.

You’ll also find similar language in IRS pub 970, chapter 8. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf

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