Tax Information
Tax Benefits for Education
Students may be eligible to receive tax benefits for education in the form of credits, deductions, savings plans, scholarships/fellowships or exclusion from income. Currently, there are two education credits available: American Opportunity Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit.
1098-T Tax Forms
Educational institutions as described in the Higher Education Act that are eligible to participate in the Department of Education's student aid program are required to file form 1098-T (Student Tuition Statement) with the IRS no later than January 31, if the institution received payment for qualified tuition and related expenses that were billed to a student in the tax year.
1098-T FORMS ARE POSTED ONLINE (on or about January 20, but no later than January 31)
Current students may access the form from the Bursars tab in goStockton.
Graduated students may access the form from the Bursars tab in goStockton.
Former students (attended but didn't graduate) may access the form from Self-Service Web Services.
Students/parents may use the 1098-T form to determine eligibility for tax credits.
Currently, institutions have the option of reporting payments received OR amounts billed for qualified tuition and related expenses. Stockton reports amounts (payments) received for qualified tuition and expenses (Box 1). Box 2 will be blank.
| Box 1 Amounts Received for Qualified Tuition and Related Expenses |
Stockton reports amounts (payments) received for qualified tuition and expenses. |
| Box 2 Amounts Billed for Qualified Tuition and Related Expenses |
The amount of qualified tuition and related expenses billed to a student in the tax year.** |
| Box 3 Change of Reporting Method Checkbox |
This box will be checked ONLY if the reporting method is different from the reporting method in the previous tax year. Stockton continues to report based on qualified tuition and related expenses. |
| Box 4 Adjustments Made for a Prior Year |
An amount will appear ONLY if there were changes to the amount reported for qualified tuition and related expenses for a prior tax year. |
| Box 5 Scholarships or Grants |
An amount will appear ONLY if the student received a scholarship or grant in the reporting year (i.e., Pell Grants, outside scholarships, military benefits, employer provided assistance administered by Stockton). |
| Box 6 Adjustments to Scholarships or Grants for a Prior Year |
An amount will appear ONLY if there were changes to the amount reported for scholarships or grants for a prior tax year. |
| Box 7 If Amounts in Box 1 or 2 Include Amounts for an Academic Period beginning Jan-Mar in the next year |
This box will be checked if the student registered for classes in the tax year, but the classes do not start until January-March in the next tax year. |
| Box 8 Check if at Least Half-Time Student |
This box will be checked if the student was enrolled for at least 6 credits in a term in the tax year. |
| Box 9 Check if a Graduate Student |
This box will be checked if the student was enrolled in a graduate or doctoral program in the tax year. |
| Box 10 Insurance Contract Reimbursements or Refunds |
This box will be blank since Stockton is not an insurer. |
**The tax year follows the calendar year (January-December). As a result, the academic
year (September-August 2022) runs across two tax years.**
EXAMPLE:
Continuing students register for Spring 2022 classes (the next tax year) during the
pre-registration period that begins in October 2021 (current tax year). Bills are
posted in November 2021 (current tax year), but payment is not due (or made) and the
course does not begin until January 2022 (the next tax year). As a result, qualified
tuition and expenses for the Spring 2022 term will appear on the 1098-T form for 2021
because they were BILLED in the current tax year (November 2021).
