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STIS&F: A doctoral student working on their thesis. Do they qualify as "half-time student" in 2017 if they don't pay tuition in the 2017

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Dec 2 '16, 12:10

calendar year because they paid it in 2016 for their thesis class but are still working on it...

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IRS Pub 970: Half-time student is "a student who is enrolled for at least half of the full-time academic workload for the course of study the student is pursuing" -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 2, 12:27
IRS and Dept. of Education seem to focus "enrolled" rather than paid -- nm - Max Dec 2, 12:18 5
- yeah, that was my read too -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 12:20 4
  - That doesn't seem to clarify anything though. It's too vague to know if you can take a deduction in the cash year or the accrued/enrolled year. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 12:42 3
    - from my recent experience, deductions and credits can only be taken in the year the relevant expenses were paid. - znufrii Dec 2, 12:48 2
      - E.g., the American opportunity tax credit may be taken for expenses paid in 2015 for an academic period beginning in 2015 or the first three months of - znufrii Dec 2, 12:52
      - just lie about the year. The IRS doesn't pay attention to little fibs -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:48
which answer gets you more money? - decline Dec 2, 12:14

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