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djhu354604
March 17, 2022
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Filling out 1098-T for college tuition and turbo tax asks for "Filer's federal ID no."What is this? Assuming student's SSN but formatted as

  • March 17, 2022
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    Bsch4477
    Employee
    March 17, 2022

    That’s the EIN of the school. 

    Hal_Al
    Hal_Al
    Employee
    March 17, 2022

    TT is asking for the school's federal ID #.  It's the 2nd box down, on the left side of the 1098-T, labeled: FILER’S employer identification no

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    FangxiaL
    March 17, 2022

    The filer's federal ID is the college's tax id number (TIN). That number is required to be entered. 

    It starts with 2 digits-7 more digits.

    @djhu354604

     

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