1098-T Tuition Statements

The 1098-T provides a detail of tuition and fees billed in accordance with the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act.

The IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education, can help you answer many of your questions regarding your educational tax benefits. Click here to access the publication.

2009 1098-T Information

• 1098-Ts for tax year 2009 are scheduled to be mailed to students permanent addresses on January 23, 2010.

• 1098-Ts are also available online at ECSI's website.

• Students can obtain information about their 1098-T forms online by going to www.ecsi.net/1098T.
• The login page is www.ecsi.net/myacct ; to login, the student needs the following three pieces of information:

•  School code: HG

•  Account number:  SSN without dashes

•  Password:  PIN number as assigned by ECSI

The password and the school code are mailed with the paper 1098-T that were mailed on January 23, 2010.  To obtain a password by phone, the student should call ECSI on the ECSI 1098-T hotline, 866-428-1098.  Blinn College does not have access to the students’ ECSI password/ PIN number.  For this reason, Blinn College cannot provide reprints of 1098-Ts.

• 1098-Ts may be viewed or printed at ECSI's website by the student.

Prior year 1098-T Information

• ECSI also maintains 1098-T files online for tax years 2006 – 2008.  To obtain a 1098-T in this time period, follow the directions for obtaining a 2009 1098-T as given above.

• For tax periods before 2006, Blinn College does not have the ability to create a duplicate 1098-T.  The student will need to compile information available in BORIS found on fee statements for the time period/term in question.

• In BORIS, fee statements are located in the “Academics” tab.

• On the Academic page, there is a box labeled “Academic Services;” open this box and choose the option to “View Charges.”

• Each term for the tax year in question must first be loaded and then printed.  There is not a way to load and print multiple terms; this step must be done by individual terms.  To load the term, click the “LOAD” button; to print the term information, click the “PRINT” button.  These steps must be completed for each term in the tax year being compiled.

• The student must compile the information from the term statements regarding tuition and fees billed to obtain the amounts that were on the original 1098-T in question; a similar compilation is required to obtain a value of scholarships and grants.

Tax preparation

• Blinn College does not provide assistance in the preparation of tax returns. Questions regarding the usage of 1098-Ts in a tax return need to be directed to the student’s tax preparer.

• Blinn College reports tuition billed for academic credit for the calendar year of 2009 to the IRS. This means that the tuition applicable to all academic terms in 2009 is what is reported on the 1098-T. This is not the same thing as tuition paid in 2009. The IRS gives Blinn College a choice in how it reports tuition; the billed method lets Blinn College report tuition accurately and consistently over time.

For more information

Any questions relating to Blinn College's 1098-Ts should be directed to Rebecca Marshall; her email address is Rebecca.Marshall@blinn.edu  or she can be reached by telephone at 979-830-4287.

Page Last Updated: January 21, 2010