Hello,
I have a child in high school and she is taking a couple of college courses. She is considered a CCP Student. (College Credit Plus) The state of Ohio pays for all of her courses at the college as a high school student if they can be used for both high school and college credit. She took a class that did not meet this criteria so we had to pay for that one class out of pocket. Because of this one class we paid for she received a 1098 T. Box 1 shows all of the cost to attend and box 5 shows what she received being a CCP student. The difference in cost is of course the one class we paid for. If she did not take that one class she would not have received the 1098 T. I know this because she has been a CCP student now for several years and I called the college to find out why we received one this year. They said it was because of the one class we paid for. I do not want to use this 1098 T to earn the education credit on my taxes. You can only claim the education credit for 4 years and I would rather start next year when I know she will have more expenses as a full time college student out of high school. So, my question is... since I don't want to take the education credit do I just do nothing with the 1098 T?
