I have graduated from my university in 2018 and I was going to school part-time. I started my new job in the summer and started courses toward graduate school in the fall. My age is above 24 and my income was much too low to cover my education expenses. But because I made over $3600 last year and my age during my senior year was over 24, my parents can’t claim me even though they helped pay for my tuition and part of my student loans. Should I go with the advice of filing the 1098-T and -E? If so, how would I be able to explain that my parents covered the majority of my school fees?
