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Student Loan Interest and Tax Form 1098-E

Posted by admin on July 20, 2023
Last modified: July 21, 2023

Are you aware of the Tax Form 1098-E for Student Loan Interest? For individuals currently repaying a student loan, Tax Form 1098-E may be mailed out from each lender. This document displays the amount of interest paid for the year. Taking advantage of tax deductions on federal tax returns is possible with this tax form, but more is needed to guarantee qualification to do so.

How can Tax Form 1098-E help you?

The Tax Form 1098-E will be sent to you by lenders when you have made payments of $600 or more in student loan interest during the year. This amount is taken from all loans a borrower has with the same lender, though it can be broken down into each separate loan. The sum shown in box 1 of Tax Form 1098-E shows a person’s total interest payments for that tax year.

How Can You Get Tax Deduction from Student Loan Interest?

Knowing the right moment to tax deduct student loan interest is important. This particular tax deduction can be taken as an adjustment while working out your adjusted gross income, otherwise known as AGI. It’s worth noting that you are not expected to itemize your tax deductions for this option to be available.

In order for your student loan interest payments made during the year to be tax deductible, they must have been taken out by you, your dependents or your spouse in order for them to take classes. When filing taxes separately or as a single filer with an adjusted gross income over $85,000 for 2022, or $175,000 when married and filing jointly, it is impossible to claim any student loan interest deduction. Modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) takes the AGI figure and returns certain tax deductions.

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How Much of Student Loan Interest is Tax Deductible?

What is the tax deduction for interest expenses? No matter the total sum paid in interest, you are eligible to deduct up to a maximum of $2,500. Those benefitting from this tax break should report the deductible amount on Schedule 1 as an alteration to their taxable income. Tax Form 1098-E provides a comprehensive breakdown of the reported amounts. However, it is still possible to include further student loan interest payments, which were not featured on the form. These additional payments must have been made towards a qualified loan for them to be eligible for tax deduction.

Checking the Box 2 from Tax Form 1098-E

If Box 2 of the Tax Form 1098-E is ticked, it indicates the quantity mentioned in Box 1 does not include the loan’s initiation fees and/or any capitalized interest. Nevertheless, this should apply to loans obtained before September 1st, 2004.

When you take out a loan, the lender may charge you a fee known as the origination fee. This amount is usually determined as a percentage of your loan and is factored into the total funds disbursed. Additionally, you can include a portion of this fee in your tax deductions for student loan interest. By dividing the origination fee by the years it takes to pay off the loan, one can determine how much they can claim every year when filing their taxes.

When it comes to unpaid interest, should the lender opt to add it onto the principal loan balance (capitalization), the deductible portion of that amount must be figured out similarly to when dealing with an origination fee.

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What is a 1098-T Form?

Posted by Manisha Hansraj on February 27, 2019
Last modified: March 7, 2022
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Unfortunately, education isn’t free for some students.

If you’re a college student, parent, guardian or anyone paying out-of-pocket for tuition, fees, and required course materials needed for enrollment, you will receive a Form 1098-T. This tuition statement form reports all of your transactions, which means the payments you make to your school.

What does a 1098-T statement look like?

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11 Tax Tips For Your Back-to-School Use!

Posted by Manisha Hansraj on August 21, 2018
Last modified: August 24, 2018

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Education is expensive, so here’s some helpful tips!

Get your tax break from claiming your kids.

  1. Don’t forget to claim up to $1,000 for the Child Tax Credit.
    (Your child must be under 17, live more than half the year with you, a dependent on your tax return, be directly related to you, a U.S. citizen, national or resident alien)
  2. Claim the child and dependent care credit for child care expenses for your child under 13.
  3. You can claim the Earned Income Credit (EIC) depending on your income.
  4. The Adoption Tax Credit reduces your tax for expenses such as Court, attorney fees, travel and meal expenses. (You can also claim the Special Needs Credits for all relating expenses)
  5. Claim the Education Credit for education expenses if you’re paying for your child’s college education.

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