I'm trying to figure out something similar. I have records showing payments of the actual amount paid in 2016. However, the 1098-T is checkmarked in box 7 that it includes Jan-March and there is only an amount in box 2. This amount is higher than what was actually paid in 2016. I want to take the credit both years and include the actual amount paid when claiming the credit for 2016 and then the other amount actually paid when claiming the credit for 2017. Since the 1098-T is checkmarked in box 7 that it includes Jan-March, I'm not sure how to do this.
