My step-daughter basically flunked out of college in mid-2018 (her 3rd year) and was required to re-pay certain scholarship monies over time. Long story but not getting into all that here. So that school sent her a 2019 1098-T for those re-payments she made in 2019. However she was not enrolled anywhere else in 2019. And because of her age and that she is working full-time, we can't claim her as a dependent. Her current income is pretty low. Can she still deduct these expenses? When I tried to enter this all in Turbo Tax, it says she can't claim the education tax break because she is not eligible. Is this true simply because she was not a student anywhere in 2019? Could she perhaps be considered a student for 2019 based on these payment to a higher educational institution and receiving a 1098-T even though she wasn't there?
