topic Can I claim internet access for college expense? in Education

Can I claim internet access for college expense?

clemons122 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:09:01 GMT

I was a college student that was completely remote.

Re: Can I claim internet access for college expense?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:05:17 GMT

To see if a school is eligible to take education credits

Enter your school at the link below, to see if it's on the dept. of education list.

https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home

Re: Can I claim internet access for college expense?

Hal_Al — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:51:35 GMT

Q. Can I claim internet access for college expense?

A. Probably not. Internet access probably qualifies as a "required" educational expense, but only if you acquired it specifically for education, and that's unlikely (usually you already had internet access before the education started).

But, as @xmasbaby0 pointed out, your bigger issue may be whether the school even qualifies as an "eligible institution" for claiming an education/tuition credit.

Schools that only offer online courses usually do not qualify. Online classes taken at schools that also have classroom instruction usually do count.