The 1098-T contains information about qualified tuition and related expenses which can be used to help determine whether the student, or the person who can claim the student as a dependent, may take either the tuition and fees deduction or claim an education credit to reduce federal income tax.

Effective 2012, Aviation flight costs will now be included in Box 2 of the 1098T with other tuition and fee charges. Aviation students will no longer need to obtain this information from Aerospace.

Once consent has been granted, UND will no longer mail a paper 1098-T to the student. Documents will be available online through Campus Connection. If consent was granted in a prior tax year, no action is needed to continue to receive an electronic form.

Students will have the ability to “grant consent” to receive their 2012 and future 1098-T’s electronically through Thursday, January 17, 2013. Any consents received after that date will not impact the delivery of the 2012 tax form – those students would still have a 2012 form printed and mailed to their Home address as listed in Campus Connection.

Students will have the ability to view and print copies of their 1098-T tax forms online – even without granting consent to no longer receive paper copies. Tax information for 2012 and prior years back through 2006 will be available online.

Students who have not granted consent by 1/17/13 will be mailed a paper copy to their Home address as listed in Campus Connection. Students should review their address information in Campus Connection prior to 1/17/13 to ensure that it is accurate.

Go to Student Center > Personal Information.

Forms will be mailed during the last week in January.

UND Student Account Services will not mail duplicate copies after the initial mailing of forms. If families or students did not receive their forms, students can access it online:

1. Log into Campus Connection
2. Select “View 1098-T Info”
3. Select the preferred Tax Year
4. Print

Students enrolled in “Correspondence” courses through the Office of Extended Learning will receive a separate paper 1098-T for those courses – even if consent has been granted to only receive electronic copies. This is because the information relating to those courses is housed in a separate database. Therefore, students enrolled in BOTH regular UND courses and this specific type of Extended Learning course should expect to receive two separate 1098-T’s. Students should use both forms when preparing their taxes. Therefore, if those students grant consent to receive their regular UND tuition information electronically, they should use both the electronic form in Campus Connection and the paper form that is mailed to them by the Office of Extended Learning.

Below are several resources that provide additional information:

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Website
• Tax Information for Students
• Tax Incentives for Higher Education
• IRS Publication 970: Tax Benefits for Higher Education
• Instructions for IRS Forms 1098-E and 1098-T
• IRS Form 8863:Education Credits with instructions
• U.S. Department of Education
• IRS phone: 1-800-TAX-FORM

For additional information, please contact your tax advisor.

Canadian students may bring any Canadian tax forms directly to the Registrar's Office for completion. The student can obtain these forms from their tax person or go to: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/formspubs/menu-e.html

Norwegian students may bring any tax forms directly to the Registrar's Office for completion.

Students receiving Veteran's Benefits should refer to IRS publication 970, page 6-7, for specific instructions for the tax handling of these payments.

http:www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf