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Education
Feb 1 is a little too soon to panic about not having a 1098-T, yet. Many schools not longer mail them out. You get it at your online account at the school. Otherwise, ask the school why you're not getting a 1098-T. Any school, on the DOE list, knows about the 1098-T requirement.
In TurboTax, after stating that you didn't get a 1098-T, it asks if you qualify for an exception. Answer yes, and it will let you proceed.
Exception 1098-T exception
“However, a taxpayer may claim one of these education
benefits if the student doesn’t receive a Form 1098-T because
the student’s educational institution isn’t required to send a
Form 1098-T to the student under existing rules (for example, if
the student is a nonresident alien, has qualified education
expenses paid entirely with scholarships, or has qualified
education expenses paid under a formal billing arrangement). If a
student’s educational institution isn’t required to provide a Form
1098-T to the student, a taxpayer may claim one of these
education benefits without a Form 1098-T if the taxpayer
otherwise qualifies, can demonstrate that the taxpayer (or a
dependent) was enrolled at an eligible educational institution,
and can substantiate the payment of qualified tuition and related
expenses.” https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8917.pdf