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Hal_Al
Employee
February 1, 2021

In TurboTax (TT), enter at:

Federal Taxes Tab (Personal for H&B version)

-Scroll down to:

--Education

  -Student Loan Interest paid (form 1098-E)

It is an adjustment to income (above the line deduction). So, you do not have to itemize to get the student loan interest  "deduction".

 

GloriaL
February 1, 2021

To enter your student loan interest (Form 1098-E) into TurboTax. Follow these instructions:

  1. Open your return in TurboTax.
  2. In the Search Box type 1098-E (upper- or lower-case, with or without the dash).
  3. Select Jump to link in the search results.
  4. Answer Yes to the question Did you pay any student loans?
    • If you land on the Here's your 1098-E info (or Here's what you paid in student loan interest) screen, you can either edit an existing payment or add a new one.

Follow the onscreen instructions