Tuition Tax Refund

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March 18, 2020
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Hi, this is my second time that I filed tuition tax for my last 2019 school year. I am an international student currently working as OPT with F-1 Visa. I got refund 2018 year last time with Liberty Tax agency. 2019 tuition tax refund with my first time filing using TurboTax is already accepted by IRS. But I am wondering that I am not a US citizen and if it is still okay for me to get them.

pk12_2

Employee

@superjae0625 , please need to know when you entered the country with F-1. Is the current F-1 an extension or the original one? This is because from your question , I wonder if you are still on exemption status or Non-Resident Alien or a Resident Alien for tax purposes??

The fact that Liberty Tax did your taxes and you questions on the refund concerns me -- more because you may have used the wrong form to file the taxes both 2018 and 2019.

superjae0625Author

I firstly entered 2013-12-31. My current F-1 Visa is the extension one. In the middle of the time, I went back to my country to serve military duty and 2016 was a empty year that I had never been in the US at that time.

What form do you talking about for tuition tax refund? I submit the form which I downloaded from University Canvas website.

KrisD15

According to the IRS, you cannot take an education credit if:

You (or your spouse) were a nonresident alien for any part of (of the tax year) and the nonresident alien didn't elect to be treated as a resident alien for tax purposes. More information on nonresident aliens can be found in Pub. 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens.

IRS PUB 970

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