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MaryK4
Employee Tax Expert

I did more than 5 months in a military school would this count?

Can you clarify- count for what?  if you mean for Active Duty Military, No.  See Eligibility for Military Tax Benefits

If you are referring to Full-Time Student, for being claimed as a dependent, yes.

 

To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

  1. A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school; or

  2. A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months don't have to be consecutive.

 

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Hal_Al
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I did more than 5 months in a military school would this count?

Military training does not count as being a student.  Whether it's basic training, advanced individual training or a specialty school, you are not a student for tax purposes.  You  are an employee, at work. 

 

Even West Point cadets are not considered to be students. 

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