college tuition deductions?

Feb 06, 2007 1 Replies

My 19 year old son is a freshman. I got a 1098-T for his tuition. His tuition is being paid out of a 529 in his name. (yeah, that is a crappy way to do it, but there were good reasons for it at the time.) He will not have significant income in



2006, though he will in 2007. I will have good income in both years. Can he take advantage of any deductions for his payments? Can I? (I did not pay for anything except incidentals like books.)

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Education tax benefits follow the student's dependency exemption, unless no one claims the student's personal exemption, in which case they go to the student. You can't get a benefit from tax-free 529 distributions, and books rarely count. See IRS Publication 970.

-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD

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