Should I use the cost of tuition and books for job related expenses or the Life Time Learning Credit?

sisab3 — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:24:23 GMT

The school required I take this course.

Here are the qualifications of who can claim the " Life T...

JudithR — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:24:24 GMT

Here are the qualifications of who can claim the " Life Time Learning Credit".

Who Can Claim the Credit?

Generally, you can claim the lifetime learning credit if all three of the following requirements are met.

You pay qualified education expenses of higher education.
You pay the education expenses for an eligible student.
The eligible student is either yourself, your spouse, or a dependent for whom you claim an exemption on your tax return.
Qualified Education Expenses
For purposes of the lifetime learning credit, qualified education expenses are tuition and certain related expenses required for enrollment in a course at an eligible educational institution. The course must be either part of a postsecondary degree program or taken by the student to acquire or improve job skills.

Eligible educational institution. An eligible educational institution is any college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the U.S. Department of Education. It includes virtually all accredited public, nonprofit, and proprietary (privately owned profit-making) postsecondary institutions. The educational institution should be able to tell you if it is an eligible educational institution.
For more information please see :https://www.irs.gov/publications/p970/ch03.html#en_US_2016_publink1000178168
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