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    deepakz_world Posts: 23, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 10, 2010, 12:36 AM
    Any refund on international student fee?
    Hi,
    I am on H-1B in California (bay area) and my wife studies at a community college as an F-1 student. I am her sponsor and as such, I end up paying a handsome amount of tuition fee every month.
    My wife only worked for some part of the year on-campus at a modest hourly rate.
    I would like to know if it is possible to claim some refund on the taxes for her tuition fee. We would be filing our taxes jointly.

    Thanks in anticipation.
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    MukatA Posts: 7,110, Reputation: 176
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    Mar 10, 2010, 05:24 AM

    File joint return as residents. Claim tuition and fee deduction based on 1098-T.
    Once you file joint return as residents, your spouse must start paying FICA taxes on her income.
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    deepakz_world Posts: 23, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 10, 2010, 12:23 PM

    OK, so should I ask her college for the form 1098-T ?
    I looked up the website: ACS :: 1098T but could not find it for her records.
    Also, how do you suggest we should file our taxes:
    Jointly or Separately?
    I guess filing jointly might have more standard deduction (not sure) and filing separately helps her avoid paying the FICA taxes.

    Thanks Again
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    AtlantaTaxExpert Posts: 21,836, Reputation: 846
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    Apr 30, 2010, 11:33 AM
    File jointly if you have not already done so.

    If you could not get a Form 1098-T, just claim what you did pay in tuition and fees to the community, minus any scholarship money she may have gotten.
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