What is considered a full-time student for the 2018 tax year? I see the posts for 2016 and 2017, however it looks as though the rules on this have changed in my turbotax.
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Anita01
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Jun 1, 2019 4:05:07 PM
A full-time student must have attended for at least 5 months out of the year, including graduation day as a month, for tax purposes. The number of credits required to be full-time is determined by the school. No changes.
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Carl
Level 15
Jun 1, 2019 4:05:06 PM
Rules on that haven't change. Per the IRS, a full time student is defined as "as determined by the college". Generally speaking, if you did 12 credit hours for any one semester during the tax year, then you were a full time student. See IRS Publication 970 at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf</a> page 22.
Anita01
New Member
Jun 1, 2019 4:05:07 PM
A full-time student must have attended for at least 5 months out of the year, including graduation day as a month, for tax purposes. The number of credits required to be full-time is determined by the school. No changes.