Hal_Al,
Thanks for the reply! And thanks for clarifying. I actually did some reconciling after my post and it turns out that I've spent $5,278 in 2020 on college expenses.
I am still an undergrad. I went full throttle after high school and got my associate's degree in one year and got burned out and " took a semester off"....which turned into 13 years. lol AOTC came into existence in 2009 and I haven't been in college since that time, so I should be good on that. If all goes to plan, I will have a bachelors degree in May 2022. So hopefully I can claim this $2,500 for 2020, 2021, and 2022. That would be awesome!!! That would pay approximately 3/4 of one semester; every little bit helps. That's crazy, though, that if my parents had claimed that on THEIR tax return that it would affect MY tax return years later. Oh well, since it doesn't affect me I guess I won't stew on it too long. Also, I was full time in the Summer and Fall semesters this calendar year.
I will wait a few weeks to pay Spring tuition in this case. Thanks again and Merry Christmas!
