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I have a client that has paid his daughter college tuition but he does not claim the child on his tax return. Can he receive the credit for the college tuition he paid?
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No, you cannot claim an education credit for a non-dependent.
In order for you to claim an education credit, the student must be a dependent on your tax return.
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No child will have claim it in their return. Child would need to be a dependent and full time student and under 24 years of age
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If you look at the worksheet where there is the Q indicate that you could claim the credit for the tuition
and the child not being a qualified dependent but when you go into the program, it will not give you the credit because as you said it has to be a dependent. Thank you for your time. Bettie
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Q, you mean the 1099Q? At the bottom of the 1099Q is a place for Other person
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or do you mean on the dependent worksheet Code Q?
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If there is another parent who is claiming the student, then that parent can claim the education credit even though the other parent actually paid those expenses.