Hi,

I was on F-1 Visa until September 30th 2006 and converted to H-1B on October 1st 2006. I am using CINTAX to file my reutns and it determined that my tax filing status is non-resident alien and it filled out form 1040NR for me. However, it did not prompt me to enter the student loan interest payment (reported on 1098-E). The support center said I am not eligible to claim this since I was not on an F-1 visa as of 31st December 2006. Could you please let me know whether I am aligible for the student loan interest deduction while filing 1040NR? I did not find anything in the IRS publications that says otherwise.

Thanks a lot!

No, What the support cent is NOT true.

You CAN claim student loan interest UNLESS you earned too much money (not likely if you were a student for most of the year).