Education Credit for a Study Abroad Student My son attended school in London during Fall Quarter. He did the program through AIFS which organizes Study Abroad experiences for US college students. His costs for the quarter were close to $18,000, tuition and fees accounting for about $12,000 of that. The school does have a US School code for financial aid purposes, but because we paid his fees directly to AIFS, who then paid the school for his program, neither the school or AIFS provide a 1098T. AIFS did provide a detailed invoice/statement breaking down his fees, what every dollar went to, and and showing our payments. We are usually able to do the American Opportunity Credit because his Qualified Educational Expenses on the1098T have always been more then his tax free aid. But without that money paid to school in London showing up on his 1098T with qualified education expenses, the "tax free assistance" is skewed and appears to be more than what we paid for qualified ed expenses, thus no AOC. Must we have a 1098T to verify expenses paid, or can we use the invoice from AIFS, provide the London School's US School Code, and add the tuition and required fee amounts paid to the London school to what he paid his regular US school last Winter and Spring quarter?If we do that, it will give me that American Opportunity Credit. I'm a single mom and took a big hit helping my son do this and it will help me out if I can get a little of it back in this credit. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |