{"id":20019,"date":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resource-center.hrblock.com\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:08:14","slug":"first-apartment-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"I paid many expenses for my child in college. The expenses include tuition, First Apartment Expenses, rent, utilities, a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your child qualifies as a dependent, you might qualify for an education credit or deduction on your return. This is based on qualified education expenses for your child. Personal expenses for things like rent, food, and utilities aren&#8217;t deductible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can claim the American Opportunity Credit if your daughter meets these requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She&#8217;s a candidate for one of these:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A degree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A certificate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other recognized educational credential<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She&#8217;s at least a half-time student for one academic period during the year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She hasn&#8217;t completed the first four years of post-secondary study.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She has no state or federal felony drug convictions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your adjusted gross income (AGI) is:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Less than $180,000 if you&#8217;re married filing jointly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less than $90,000 if you&#8217;re filing single or married filing separately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If your daughter qualifies for this credit, her qualifying educational expenses include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Required enrollment fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any course materials (Ex: textbooks) required for enrollment or attendance at an eligible institution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If your daughter doesn&#8217;t qualify for that credit, she might qualify for the L<span style=\"color: initial;\">ifetime Learning Credit &#8212; Tuition and fees are qualifying expenses. Books don&#8217;t qualify unless you pay the cost for them directly to the school as a condition of enrollment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your child qualifies as a dependent, you might qualify for an education credit or deduction on your return. This is based on qualified education expenses for your child. Personal expenses for things like rent, food, and utilities aren&#8217;t deductible. You can claim the American Opportunity Credit if your daughter meets these requirements: If your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-tax-planning","category-filing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>First Apartment Expenses | H&amp;R Block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can you get deductions for your child&#039;s college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&amp;R Block.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I paid many expenses for my child in college. The expenses include tuition, First Apartment Expenses, rent, utilities, a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can you get deductions for your child&#039;s college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&amp;R Block.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"H&amp;R Block\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-14T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-26T18:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"H&amp;R Block\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HRBlock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hrblock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"H&amp;R Block\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/\",\"name\":\"First Apartment Expenses | H&R Block\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-14T12:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T18:08:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/0451551be86ad17708cdd08a71391fcf\"},\"description\":\"Can you get deductions for your child's college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&R Block.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I paid many expenses for my child in college. The expenses include tuition, First Apartment Expenses, rent, utilities, a\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/\",\"name\":\"H&amp;R Block\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/0451551be86ad17708cdd08a71391fcf\",\"name\":\"H&amp;R Block\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BlockAuthor.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BlockAuthor.jpg\",\"caption\":\"H&amp;R Block\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/hrblock.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/HRBlock\"]}]}<\/script>","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Apartment Expenses | H&R Block","description":"Can you get deductions for your child's college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&R Block.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I paid many expenses for my child in college. The expenses include tuition, First Apartment Expenses, rent, utilities, a","og_description":"Can you get deductions for your child's college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&R Block.","og_url":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/","og_site_name":"H&amp;R Block","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock","article_published_time":"2017-06-14T12:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-26T18:08:14+00:00","author":"H&amp;R Block","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HRBlock","twitter_site":"@hrblock","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"H&amp;R Block","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/","url":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/","name":"First Apartment Expenses | H&R Block","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-06-14T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-26T18:08:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/0451551be86ad17708cdd08a71391fcf"},"description":"Can you get deductions for your child's college expenses? Learn if you qualify for tax credits and deductions. Get tax answers from H&R Block.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/first-apartment-expenses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I paid many expenses for my child in college. The expenses include tuition, First Apartment Expenses, rent, utilities, a"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/","name":"H&amp;R Block","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/0451551be86ad17708cdd08a71391fcf","name":"H&amp;R Block","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BlockAuthor.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BlockAuthor.jpg","caption":"H&amp;R Block"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/hrblock.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hrblock","https:\/\/x.com\/HRBlock"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}