Education Credit

[dilshan]

HI, I am a U.S. permanent resident and my wife is a F-1 student attending two year college. I am paying her full tution expenses and we are filing joint income-tax. Can I claim her tution fee as Hope credit, I'll put her as the student. Thanks.

[Jeff4cpa]

You can make an election to treat your nonresident spouse as a U.S. citizen or resident. She will have to claim her worldwide income and tax a credit for foreign taxes paid.