Can I Claim a Lifetime Learning Credit?
The lifetime learning credit is a tax credit for college expenses. We walk through what expenses do and don’t qualify, and how to claim it on your taxes. Loading Home Buying
Can You claim Lifetime Learning Credit and American opportunity credit at the same time?
You cannot claim the Lifetime Learning Credit and the American Opportunity credit for the same student in the same year. However, if you are paying for multiple dependents tuition, you can claim the American Opportunity credit for one student and the Lifetime Learning credit for another.
Can a non-resident alien claim the Lifetime Learning Credit?
You can’t claim the Lifetime Learning credit if you pay college expenses for someone who isn’t your dependent, and you can’t claim it if you’re married but filing a separate tax return. Non-resident aliens can’t claim the credit if they don’t elect to be treated as resident aliens for tax purposes. 5
