Only qualifying students with a valid mailing address on file with the university. You are a qualifying student if you have had financial transactions posted to your student account during a specified calendar year and you are:

• a U.S. citizen, or
• a lawful permanent resident ("green card" holder), or
• a resident alien for tax purposes, by virtue of passing the Substantial Presence Test for the year.

Otherwise, you are a nonresident alien (also known as a "foreign person") for tax purposes and therefore do not qualify for a Form 1098-T.

Eligible students may access their 1098-T information anytime in SharkLink. (Select "My Account" from the left navigation and click "View 1098-T" in the Tax Forms section.) To verify or update your address, log in to SharkLink and click on "My Profile." 

Eligible students may access their 1098-T information in SharkLink by following the steps below:

• Login to SharkLink. 
• Select “My Account” from the left navigation.
• In the lower right corner under “Tax Forms” click “View 1098-T.”
• Enter a Tax Year.
• Click Submit.
• Click Tax Notification.
• Print for your Records.

If you wish to print a copy of a prior year, click “Select Another Tax Year” on the bottom of the Form 1098-T.  This takes you to “Enter a Tax Year”. Type in the year and press “Submit”.  Click on “Tax Notification,” and the Form 1098-T populates with the information for the year you requested.

Like all colleges and universities, NSU is required to submit summary information from your Form 1098-T to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the end of March of each year for the preceding tax year. The State of Florida does not require NSU to report Form 1098-T data.

No. You are responsible for making your Form 1098-T available to your parents or tax preparer.

The Office of the University Bursar notifies students by NSU email in late January of each year when Form 1098-T for the preceding tax year (January 1 - December 31) becomes available in SharkLink. Students can access their 1098-T information anytime in SharkLink. (Select “My Account” from the left navigation and click “View 1098-T” in the Tax Forms section.) You must have a valid mailing address on file with the university for your 1098-T to be furnished. To verify or update your address, log in to SharkLink and click "My Profile." 

You will receive an email to your NSU email account containing a link for you to access your tax information when your tax document is ready. In order to protect your privacy, the email will not contain any information specific to you. You must have a valid mailing address on file with the university for your 1098-T to be furnished. To verify or update your address, log in to SharkLink and click on "View My Profile" on the home page.

Form 1098-T informs you that you may be eligible for federal income tax education credits. Receipt of the form does not indicate eligibility for any tax credit, nor does it contain all the information needed to claim a tax credit.

If you prepare your own tax returns, keep your Form 1098-T in a file with your other tax documents. You do not need to attach Form 1098-T to your tax returns nor are you required to claim education tax benefits. If you work with a tax preparer or consultant, be sure to submit Form 1098-T along with all other pertinent tax information.

A sample copy of Form 1098-T is available on the IRS Web site at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1098t.pdf. Beginning with the 2018 tax year, NSU reports the amount of qualified tuition and related expenses you paid during the year in box 2 of your 1098-T. 

Form 1098-T, issued in late January of each year, reports information about tuition, fees, scholarships, and grants posted to your account within the previous tax year from January 1 through December 31. For example, your 2021 IRS Form 1098-T will include any payments made from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Payments made in 2020 or 2022 will not be included.

The most important information on the form is your Social Security Number. The address listed on your 1098-T does not impact the information reported for IRS income tax filing purposes. However, your current preferred mailing address is required for any financial aid refund for which you may be eligible. If you have not already done so, update your address in SharkLink. After logging in with your SharkLink ID and password, click on "View My Profile" on the home page.

Alumni with an active NSU account may access their 1098-T tax information on SharkLink. Select “My Account” from the left navigation and click “View 1098-T” in the Tax Forms section.

Alumni who no longer have SharkLink access may log in to Self-Service Banner (SSB) at ssb.nova.edu using their NSU username and password. 

Resources for retrieving your NSU log in information:

• Retrieve your Information at My NSU Identity.
• Inactive and withdrawn students who are not able to retrieve their NSU login credentials may contact the SharkIT Service Center by email at SharkITServices@nova.edu or by phone at (954) 262-4357.

NSU does not give any tax advice. For more information, visit the IRS Web site at www.irs.gov or consult your tax specialist.

There are potentially many reasons for this discrepancy.

1. The university is required to report the activity on the NSU account for the calendar year (January 1 – December 31). The tax year is the calendar year, NOT the academic attendance.
   
   
2. Form 1098-T reports amounts that the student paid in a certain tax year, and the pay date does not necessarily correspond to the dates that the classes were attended. For example, tuition for the Winter semester is typically billed in November so a student may have paid tuition for the Winter semester in 2019 despite the fact that classes did not start until 2020.
   
   
3. On Form 1098-T, the amount in Box 1 represents only amounts paid for qualified tuition and related expenses (QTRE) and does not include payments made for Food and Housing, student health insurance, or parking which, though important, are not considered mandatory education expenses for tax purposes.

EXAMPLE:  The payments received in 2019 are more than the payments reported for 2019.

TIP: Log into SharkLink to download and include in your tax preparation documents:

• Your 1098-T report from the prior year(s).
• A copy of your NSU account activity for the tax years in review.

The data reported on your Form 1098-T is for tuition, fees, scholarships, and grants paid to your NSU student account during the calendar year, not the academic year. The amount paid in box 1 will never exceed the amount charged for tuition and fees for the calendar year.