Tuition waver is usually tax free and does need to be entered anywhere even if was reported to you on a form 1098-T.
The rest of this discussion doesn't directly pertain to your situation but is given to guide you in your understanding of the nature of general employer provided assistance.
By law your employer
can only give you $5250 maximum, tax free. If your tuition was less than that,
and you employer reimbursed it all; it’s safe to assume it does not need to be
reported. You do not even need to enter your 1098-T if you have one. You have
nothing to claim.
If you got
more than $5250, the amount above $5250 is usually already included in box 1 of
your w-2, as income. Since you have essentially paid tax on that
part, it is considered your after tax money and that amount can be used to
claim the tuition credit.
If you have no out
of pocket costs, you cannot claim the education credits. If, for some
reason, you left your job and were required to return pay to your employer,
then you could claim the credit at that point. Anything that you're not
on the hook for (i.e. scholarships, grants, employer reimbursement) cannot be
used towards qualifying funds for the education credits.
The amount that you
can use for education credits is the total amount of tuition and fees paid (box
2 on the 1098) minus the amount of grants or scholarships (box 5 on the 1098)
minus any amounts directly paid for by the employer, or reimbursed by the employer.
See IRS Topic 513 - Educational Expenses for
further discussion: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513.html
In TurboTax, you should report the amount spent/billed for tuition and
fees on the 1098-T, regardless of who paid it. The employer reimbursement
amount should then be entered on the Scholarships/Grants screen on the Employer
assistance line.
