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Does a student, age 18, with scholarships and a 1098T, need to file a tax return?

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Hal_Al
Level 15

Does a student, age 18, with scholarships and a 1098T, need to file a tax return?

Q. Does a student, age 18, with scholarships and a 1098T, and no other reportable income, need to file a tax return?

A. Only if box 5, of the 1098-T, exceeds box 1 by more than $13,850. 

 

Scholarships that paid for non qualified expenses are taxable. Tuition, fees, books and computers are qualified expenses.  If box 5 of your 1098-T is more than box 1, TurboTax will automatically treat the difference as taxable scholarship income unless you tell it differently (enter additional expenses for books, etc).

Vanessa A
Expert Alumni

Does a student, age 18, with scholarships and a 1098T, need to file a tax return?

Possibly.  If the scholarships exceed tuition, the excess becomes taxable income. 

 

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