1. Since they won't give you ID, they may not be qualified. The education expenses can only be claimed when paid to qualified colleges.
For education tax credit purposes, the school must be a qualified school at the time you are claiming education expenses and the credit.
A qualified school is any college, university, or other post-secondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program Administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
2. If you filed for a credit to which you are not entitled, you will need to amend. The Form 8863 instructions say:
Form 1098-T requirement.
To be eligible to claim the American opportunity credit or the lifetime learning credit, the law requires a taxpayer (or a dependent) to have received Form 1098-T, Tuition Statement, from an eligible educational institution, whether domestic or foreign.
3. How to amend
Once your return is accepted and the finances are settled, you can file an amended return.
- Save a copy of the original return before doing an amended return. See:
- Pay additional tax. Taxpayers who will owe more tax should file Form 1040-X and pay the tax as soon as possible to avoid penalties and interest. They should consider using IRS Direct Pay to pay any tax directly from a checking or savings account for free.
- Use separate forms if amending more than one tax year.
- Track amended return status online. Taxpayers can track the status of their amended tax return in English and Spanish using Where’s My Amended Return? Amended returns take up to 16 weeks to process and up to three weeks from the date of mailing to show up in the system.
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