Can I file a 1098T if I attended a non-US university?

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June 7, 2019
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Best answer by PopeyeTheSalior

If you attended and paid tuition to a foreign university, you might still be able to claim an education credit or deduction by filing the Form 1098-T.

In order to qualify for an education credit or deduction, the school must be an educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program run by the U.S Department of Education. To check if your school qualifies, click here: https://fafsa.ed.gov/spa/fsc/#/SEARCH?locale=en_US

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If you attended and paid tuition to a foreign university, you might still be able to claim an education credit or deduction by filing the Form 1098-T.

bk-1234

Can the foreign university file 1098-T forms on behalf of the students. If so how do they go about doing this?

notpmocad

I'm in a similar situation. My kid attends university in the UK. I looked up the irs instructions on 1098-T... https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1098et.pdf It says that universities, not individuals, file 1098-T. And when I use turbotax to print my forms to mail in, it does not include a 1098-T even if I pretend that I got one. So it's not critical that you actually have the form - though you'll want to hang onto receipts that document your expenses, maybe including the uni's official "cost of attendance" (COA) from their financial aid office.

In turbotax, on the "Forms" screen (as opposed to "EasyStep") I found a worksheet entitled "Student Info Wk". I filled this out manually, paying close attention to sections IV - VI. I was able to enter tuition payments there. It looks like I can e-file with no 1098-T. Hope this helps.