Form 1098-T

If your form is available, you can access it online through the Maximus Tax Form Management website or through myNorthShore.

• Maximus: Select Access your 1098-T on Maximus and follow the instructions to view or download your form. You must consent to electronic delivery to receive it electronically. Maximus will email you when the form is ready.
• myNorthShore: Sign in and open Tax Notification to check your form and its delivery status.

Forms are made available after the end of the tax year. Check this page for the availability date for the relevant tax year. If you consented to electronic delivery, Maximus will email you when your form is ready.

First, check both Maximus and myNorthShore > Tax Notifications. Make sure you’re signing in with the account associated with your student record. If the form still isn’t there after the stated availability date, contact sfs@northshore.edu for help.

Sign in to myNorthShore and open Tax Notification to check the form’s delivery status. Forms not delivered electronically are mailed to the address on file. Check that your mailing address is current in myNorthshore.

Your form is available through your student account. If someone else needs it, use the sharing or access options available through Maximus, if offered. Don’t share your account password!

In 1997, the Taxpayer Relief Act established two education tax credits and a deduction for student loan interest. These credits are explained in detail in Publication 970 from the IRS. Eligible educational institutions are subject to IRS reporting requirements and must report each student enrolled for whom a reportable transaction was made.

Form 1098-T reports certain tuition and related information for the tax year. It may help you, or someone who claims you as a dependent, determine whether you qualify for an education tax credit. Receiving a 1098-T does not mean you are eligible for a credit.

No. The form is a tax-reporting document, not a complete account statement. Its figures may differ from your account activity because the 1098-T reports information by calendar year, while the NSCC account activity may be organized by academic term. Check your account statement for detailed charges and payments.

The form reports information according to tax-year reporting rules, so amounts may not match the charges or payments shown for a particular semester.

Box 1: Due to a change to institutional reporting requirements under federal law, beginning with tax year 2018, the college will report in box 1 the amount of qualified tuition and related expenses paid during the calendar year.

Box 2: This box is blank.

Box 3: This box is blank. 

Box 4: This box will show an adjusted amount if you dropped classes or your schedule was adjusted, resulting in a reduction in qualified tuition and related expenses affecting amounts reported in a previous reporting year after 2002. This amount is reported as a positive number per IRS requirements. However, it is actually a decrease in the amount that was reported in the prior year 1098-T. 

Box 5: This box contains the total amount of any scholarships, grants, third-party payments, or tuition and/or fee waivers you were eligible for that were paid toward your costs of attendance. If you received additional awards for previous reporting periods, those amounts will be included in this box. 

Box 6: If there were any grant and/or scholarship reductions on your account affecting amounts reported in a prior reporting year after 2002, those adjustments will show in this box. This amount is reported as a positive number per IRS requirements. However, it is actually a decrease in the amount that was reported in the prior year 1098-T. 

Box 7: If any amounts billed for qualified tuition and related expenses reported in box 2 relate to the academic period that begins in January through March, this box will be checked. 

Box 8: If you were at least a half-time student (6 credits) during any academic period that began in tax-year, this box will be checked. 

Box 9 and 10: These boxes do not apply to NSCC or NSCC current/former students.

NSCC can provide the form and explain how to access it, but it cannot determine your eligibility or provide tax advice. Consult a tax professional or the IRS about your individual tax situation.

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