Your child can transfer up to $5,000 of the tax credit, less the amount used to reduce tax owing. So if they reduced their tax owing by $1,000, the most that can be transferred is $4,000. The tuition amount can be transferred to their parent, grandparent, or spouse/common-law partner.
For more information, please see our TurboTax article link as Claiming a Tuition Amount From Your Child’s College
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