Federal Education Tax Credits
The Hope credit and the lifetime learning credit are the education tax credits for qualified education expenses paid for each eligible student. You can claim either one of these credit for a student.
Eligibility
You can claim the Hope credit if you pay qualified education expenses of higher education for yourself, your spouse, or a dependent.
(Non)Refundable
Non Refundable
How To Claim
Use Form 8863 to compute the credit.
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