@kathy_quinn If you paid your spring 2019 tuition in 2018, and it is not included in box 1 of your 2018 Form 1098-T, then the 1098-T is wrong. You should ask the university for a corrected 1098-T. (Note that box 7 on the 1098-T should be checked to indicate that "box 1 includes amounts for an academic period beginning January - March 2019.") If you include in your tax return an amount higher than what is on your 1098-T, you are pretty much guaranteed to get a notice from the IRS saying that your tax return is wrong. However, also see my comment below about the maximum amounts for the education credits.
Unfortunately, colleges and universities in general do not have a very good record for issuing accurate 1098-T forms.
