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Question

Tuition and fees deduction

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 25, 2021
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Is a student eligible to claim the tuition and fees deduction or the life time learning credit for 2020 if parents paid the tuition? he cannot be claimed as a dependent on because he was 24 in 2020.

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Yes the student can use the education credit on his own return since he cannot be claimed as a dependent. Parents cannot get education credit for a child who cannot be claimed as a dependent.

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Yes. Although the general rule, in taxes, is that you must pay it to claim it, there is an exception for education benefits.