topic If my Parent plus Loans are in my mothers name but I pay them who gets to claims the interest on their taxes? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-parent-plus-loans-are-in-my-mothers-name-but-i-pay-them-who-gets-to-claims-the-interest-on/01/711838#M286342 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:17:19 GMT a-selhorst 2019-06-06T14:17:19Z If my Parent plus Loans are in my mothers name but I pay them who gets to claims the interest on their taxes? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-parent-plus-loans-are-in-my-mothers-name-but-i-pay-them-who-gets-to-claims-the-interest-on/01/711838#M286342 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:17:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-parent-plus-loans-are-in-my-mothers-name-but-i-pay-them-who-gets-to-claims-the-interest-on/01/711838#M286342 a-selhorst 2019-06-06T14:17:19Z If the loans were for your education and you made the pay... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-the-loans-were-for-your-education-and-you-made-the-pay/01/711843#M286344 <P>If the loans were for your education and you made the payments on them, then <B>you can take the interest deduction if you are also legally obligated to pay it.&nbsp;</B></P><P><B>To claim a deduction you must be legally obligated to repay the loan and you must actually make the payments</B>. In many cases the student, if a dependent, and the parents are both legally obligated to repay the loan. In such a case the deduction is allowable to whoever makes the payments.<BR /></P><P>Source of above paragraph:&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.com/articles/rules-deducting-student-loan-interest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irs.com/articles/rules-deducting-student-loan-interest</A></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:17:20 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-the-loans-were-for-your-education-and-you-made-the-pay/01/711843#M286344 MichaelL1 2019-06-06T14:17:20Z