<p>Will post this in the financial aid section as well but am hoping someone here can help.
We, as parents, have always taken the tuition/hope/lifetimelearning/American opportunity credit for our daughter on our taxes as she was our dependent. She graduated in May 2010 and therefore no longer qualifies as our dependent. We paid tuition for Jan-May 2010. How do we figure in this credit on our taxes as she is no longer claimed by us? Can we or does she claim it on her taxes even though we were the ones who paid it? Could not find the answer to this on the IRS site and may have to call them, but this certainly is not a new issue. How do other parents handle this?</p>
<p>I believe that if you paid at least half ( perhaps more than?) of her living expenses for 2010 you can still claim her as your dependent for that year.</p>
<p>However if she paid for the majority of the year, then I suppose she would take the credit.</p>
<p>It seems that if you don’t claim her as a dependent, she can take the credit. See </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf[/url]”>http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf</a></p>
<p>Just found something on the IRS site that talks about under 24 and a full time student for at least 5 months. Jan-May=5 months. Bingo! Thanks</p>
<p>and the student can’t have paid more than 1/2 their ow support for the year.</p>