Hope credit and EE bond exclusion.

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  • Safire
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 253

    #1

    Hope credit and EE bond exclusion.

    Nevermind. Just found the answer on page 12-7 of TTB.

    No you cannot use both for the same student in the same year. *sigh*
    Last edited by Safire; 03-21-2006, 07:20 PM.
  • KBTS
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 564

    #2
    If you have enough tuition, you can use the first $2,000 for the Hope Credit and then the remaining tuition can be used to exclude EE Bond interest. You cannot use the same expenses for both benefits, but you can get a credit and exclusion in the same year.

    See the second bullet point under "Adjustments" at the top of the second column on Page 12-7 of TTB. It says you need to reduce the educational expense by any amount used to claim a credit.

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    • Safire
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2005
      • 253

      #3
      You are right.

      In my case tuition was only $1111, so it won't help. But thanks for clearing that up for me, I might need to know that for future clients.

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