{"id":20168,"date":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T14:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:23:19","slug":"education-credits-and-deductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/credits\/education-credits-and-deductions\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a question about claiming education credit. My child&#8217;s Form 1098-T has his SSN on it. Since I claim him as a depe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you can claim your child as your dependent, you are eligible to use the student&#8217;s expensesfor claiming education credit.<\/p>\n<p>You can claim your child as a dependent if all these apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your child is under age 24.<\/li>\n<li>Your child is a full-time student.<\/li>\n<li>Your child lived with you for more than half the year aside from temporary absences, like school.<\/li>\n<li>Your child doesn&#8217;t provide more than half of his or her own support. For tax purposes, loans are provided by the person responsible for repaying the loan. 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