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Was this reported to you on a 1099-MISC? If so, the tax reporting depends which box of the 1099-MISC is reporting your scholarship income.
REPORT 1099-MISC
IF box 3 reports your scholarship, report the form:
To enter/edit a 1099-MISC form:
and make adjustment using the steps below:
If box 7 reports the scholarship, you would have to report it as self-employed income, then enter the same amount as your "business" expense. This will ensure that form 1099-MISC is reported for matching purposes, but the amount is not taxable as self-employment income.
1. Federal Taxes
2. Wages and Income
3. Self-Employment, Select Income and Expenses - follow the interview questions; you would report the scholarship as if you own a business; once general questions are answered, you would enter the scholarship as an expense (you can create your own description). The end result: form 199-MISC is reported, but the income is not self-employment income, because it shouldn’t be.
REPORT SCHOLARSHIP INCOME CORRECTLY
To report scholarship income in Turbo Tax, you must visit Deductions and Credits, Education Expenses section. You must answer all the questions, the taxable amount will be computed as the excess of your scholarship over the qualified education expenses.
Once done, you may review your form 1040 and to verify that line 7 of the form looks correct. You may do so prior to paying for the program:
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