It depends. You are no longer considered a qualifying child because you turned 24 during the tax year. one of the tests to be a qualifying child is that you must be under 24 at the end of the calendar year.
You may be considered a Qualifying relative though and if you meet the dependency test and if your father claims you as a dependent, he could claim the education expense. Here is the qualifying relative test.
The person can't be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer.
The person either (a) must be related to you in one of the ways listed under Relatives who don't have to live with you, or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household (and your relationship must not violate local law).
The person's gross income for the year must be less than $4,400.
You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
If you do not meet any of the four conditions above, then your father cannot claim you as a dependent and you may claim the credit on your own tax return. You do not need to live with your father for him to claim you as a dependent.
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So I still live at my home with my father but I make well over that amount yearly. And I pay for all my expenses, etc. So that means I will claim the 1098 form correct?
Q. So that means I will claim the 1098 form correct? A. Yes, since you can not be any one's dependent.
Technically, the 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. However receipt of a 1098-T frequently means you are either eligible for a tuition credit or possibly you possibly have taxable scholarship income.
Turning 24 changes the dependency rules. Prior to 2022, it did not matter how much income you had. You were still your parent's dependent. But now that you are 24 (even if only for part of the year), you cannot be anyone's dependent unless your income, for the year, was less than $4400.
So, if you are your father's dependent, he enters the 1098-T. If not, you use it to claim the Ed credit.
There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test. Only a QC qualifies a taxpayer for the Earned Income Credit and the Child Tax Credit. They are interrelated but the rules are different for each.
The support test is different for each type. The support test, for a QC, is only that the child didn't provide more than half his own support. The support test for a Qualifying Relative is that the taxpayer provided more than half the relative's support.