Hi, nice to see you again Hal_AI
" You have to report the $17,936 if that's when the 2025 tuition was actually paid."
my issue is I paid the 2025 first term tuition in Jan 2025, not end of 2024, while the mount $17,936 in box1 of 1099-T include both 2024 tuition and 2025 first term tuition.
based on what you say "The rule for claiming the tuition credit is the year it was paid in", I can not claim AOTC based on $17,936 in my 2024 tax return, I can only claim AOTC in my 2024 return based on $9068 which is I actually paid in 2024, right?
