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claiming tuition on my daughter who is not a dependent anymore rdsandy 01-15-2008
Posted by rdsandy on January 15, 2008, 12:37 am
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 I paid the last semester of my daughter's college tuition in January
07. She graduated in May of 07 and is out of the house on her own. I'm
assuming I can't claim her as a dependent and because of that my tax
program (taxact) only asks if myself or my wife has tuition expenses
to claim.

Can I claim her tuition expense even though she will not be listed on
my return as a dependent?

Thanks.

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Posted by Herb Smith on January 15, 2008, 4:16 am
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 On Jan 14, 9:37�pm, rdsa...@gmail.com wrote:
> I paid the last semester of my daughter's college tuition in January
> 07. She graduated in May of 07 and is out of the house on her own. I'm
> assuming I can't claim her as a dependent and because of that my tax
> program (taxact) only asks if myself or my wife has tuition expenses
> to claim.
>
> Can I claim her tuition expense even though she will not be listed on
> my return as a dependent?

NO

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Posted by removeps-groups@yahoo.com on January 15, 2008, 7:45 pm
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On Jan 14, 9:37 pm, rdsa...@gmail.com wrote:

> I paid the last semester of my daughter's college tuition in January
> 07. She graduated in May of 07 and is out of the house on her own. I'm
> assuming I can't claim her as a dependent and because of that my tax
> program (taxact) only asks if myself or my wife has tuition expenses
> to claim.
>
> Can I claim her tuition expense even though she will not be listed on
> my return as a dependent?

No, but could you claim her as a dependent? See the rules in the 1040
instructions booklet for qualifying child on page 15 (age test,
support test, residency test) and the exception to residency test for
students on page 17. The time that she was in school is considered
time she lived with you, though the total time she lived with you must
be more than 6 months.

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