Accessing Your 1098-T Form (ESCI)

Winthrop has partnered with ECSI for the management of 1098-T tax form processing. Access your form and find guidance on the ECSI student portal: Heartland ECSI.

  • The portal offers instructions for retrieving your 1098-T, understanding its details, and provides links to relevant IRS tax information
  • Previous years 1098-T forms are available online
  • Your 1098-T form is provided in a printable PDF format, ensuring you can easily keep a copy for your records

For the specified calendar year (January 1 - December 31), the form includes:

  • Qualifying tuition & fees (Box 1)
    • Qualifying fees: Library fee, environmental safety fee, course fees, new student fee, 
    • NOT qualifying: Student wellness fee, vehicle registration, late payment fee,
  • Grants & scholarships (Box 5)
  • Recorded payments

*It's important to note - If you registered for the Spring term before Dec 31, the tuition and fees for that Spring term will be in the year they were charged to your account, regardles of when your scholarships were applied. Please review Box 7 of your tax form carefully for this information*

To access your 1098-T form:

  1. Click HERE to sign in or create an online profile.

  2. Once you are signed in you will need to connect your account using your Heartland Key if you haven’t already done so.

  3. Next click on your Heartland Key under 'Tax Documents and Information.'

  4. Any tax forms available for your school will be displayed here.

  5. Select 'View/Print Statement' next to the desired form to view.

Please note that you will need to make sure your pop-up blockers are turned off to access the form.

Search for the Heartland Key (Also delivered to Student Email from ECSI/Heartland)

Step 1: On the Connect An Account page, click on the Click Here link next to For 1098-T Forms.

Step 2: Fields will appear requiring the taxpayer to select their school/campus, enter their SSN or Tax ID, and enter their zip code. They will also need to click on the reCAPTCHA component.

Step 3: Click on the Find My Heartland Key button.  If a Heartland Key exists based on the taxpayer information, it will populate in the Heartland Key field under the Connect An Account section on the left side of the page.

Connect An Account

Step 1: On the Your School Accounts page, click the Connect An Account tile.

Step 2: Enter the Heartland Key.  They will also need to click on the reCAPTCHA component.  Click on the Connect button.

Step 3: Enter the requested information to complete the connection process.  Click on the Connect button.

If you cannot retrieve your form, you will need to contact ECSI customer service, by phone at 866/428-1098, or use the "Chat with us" service on the website. 

Should you have any questions, please feel free to visit our website at /sfs/1098-t-tax-information.aspx for more information.