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1098-T If my daughter is paying for her own college, but I am claiming her as a dependent does she claim the 1098 -T?

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February 26, 2020
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If my daughter is paying for her own college, but I am claiming her as a dependent does she claim the 1098 -T? Would she be better off claiming on her own and not as my dependent? She did receive scholarship money, and paid the rest out of her pocket. She only made $1,600 working in 2019 so I'm not even sure that she needs to file for taxes for 2019?

CatinaT1

Someone who is a dependent can not claim the education credit. You, as her parent, should still claim her and the education credit. As long as she is a full-time student for at least some of 5 months during the year and is under 24 at the end of the year, you will continue to claim her.

As far as her filing, she wouldn't have a filing requirement with only $1600 of income, but if she had any federal or state withholding, she would want to file to get that refunded.

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NCPERSON1

if she CAN BE your dependent, the form goes on your tax return,

are you eligible for AOTC?