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hmsovms
February 22, 2020
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College tuition

  • February 22, 2020
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Several people are contributing to paying for my daughter's college expenses, in addition to our 529 money. However, we are getting the 1098-T and (of course) the 1099-Q. She is our dependent. When I answer the questions in TurboTax we are getting the $2500 tax credit.  But, I'm not sure if in all fairness we are supposed to get this credit. It seems that to not get the credit I would need to not enter any information regarding her college attendance and I'm not sure if that's legal.

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    Bsch4477
    Employee
    February 22, 2020

    If she is your dependent only you can claim the education credit. It doesn’t matter who actually paid those expenses. 

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