topic We paid off my husband's Parent Plus student loans - his mom's name is on the 1099-INT. Can we claim this interest? His mom says she can't because he's not her dependent. in Education https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/we-paid-off-my-husband-s-parent-plus-student-loans-his-mom-s-name-is-on-the-1099-int-can-we-claim/01/521800#M14054 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:17:09 GMT lrbahn 2019-06-05T03:17:09Z We paid off my husband's Parent Plus student loans - his mom's name is on the 1099-INT. Can we claim this interest? His mom says she can't because he's not her dependent. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/we-paid-off-my-husband-s-parent-plus-student-loans-his-mom-s-name-is-on-the-1099-int-can-we-claim/01/521800#M14054 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:17:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/we-paid-off-my-husband-s-parent-plus-student-loans-his-mom-s-name-is-on-the-1099-int-can-we-claim/01/521800#M14054 lrbahn 2019-06-05T03:17:09Z No, you can't claim the interest expense if the loan was... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/no-you-can-t-claim-the-interest-expense-if-the-loan-was/01/521810#M14055 <P>No, you can't claim the interest expense if the loan was not in your husband's name. But i<SPAN>f the loans are in his <B>mom's</B> name and she was paying them, and the your husband was her dependent when it was taken out, she <B>can </B>&nbsp;to deduct the interest.</SPAN></P><P>See <A href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc456" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this link</A> from the IRS for details.</P> Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:17:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/no-you-can-t-claim-the-interest-expense-if-the-loan-was/01/521810#M14055 IsabellaG 2019-06-05T03:17:10Z