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To be deductible, your expenses must be for education that (1) maintains or improves skills needed in your present work or (2) your employer or the law requires to keep your present salary, status or job.

Qualifying educational institutions or programs include: A high school or GED whose curriculum has been approved by a state or local governing body or a home-school curriculum. Any accredited technical or vocational school. A two- or four-year college or university.

A qualified tuition program (QTP), also referred to as a section 529 plan, is a program established and maintained by a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state, that allows a contributor either to prepay a beneficiary's qualified higher education expenses at an eligible educational institution or to ...

You cannot claim an education credit when: Someone else, such as your parents, list you as a dependent on their tax return. Your filing status is married filing separately.

Qualified education expenses are amounts paid for tuition, fees and other related expenses for an eligible student.

Qualified education expenses For purposes of the student loan interest deduction, these expenses are the total costs of attending an eligible educational institution, including graduate school. They include amounts paid for the following items: Tuition and fees. Room and board.

You should have received a Form 1098-T from your school. You will need this form in order to calculate the qualified expenses that you can claim.

Qualified expenses are amounts paid for tuition, fees and other related expense for an eligible student that are required for enrollment or attendance at an eligible educational institution. You must pay the expenses for an academic period* that starts during the tax year or the first three months of the next tax year.