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New Member
posted Feb 12, 2020 9:39:36 AM

Enter Your Education Expenses: Tuition and enrollment fees $0why does it say $0 I paid tuition

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Expert Alumni
Feb 12, 2020 9:58:38 AM

Here's how to edit the 1098-T in TurboTax:

  • From Deductions & Credits
  • Expenses and Scholarships (form 1098-T) hit Update
  • From the page that says Now Let's Gather The Additional Education Expenses
  • Hit Continue. You will need to continue through several screens until you get to the screen that says Your Education Expenses Summary click Edit
  • At Here's Your Education Summary you can Edit, Delete or Add New School

New Member
Mar 15, 2020 5:03:37 PM

I followed these instructions and was able to enter my tuition expenses from the 1098-T. But it did not change my tax liability.

 

This is what my screen said:

 

I got this result:

 

 

And on the summary fro Deductions and Credits it looks like this:

 
 

Shouldn't the figure I entered from Form 1098-T be in the 2019 column for Expenses and Scholarships row?

 

 

Expert Alumni
Mar 16, 2020 12:09:34 PM

Did you have any scholarship income? If the scholarship income was more than your expenses, then you can't use the education expenses to generate a credit.

New Member
Mar 17, 2020 11:09:47 AM

.No, there is no scholarship income.

Expert Alumni
Mar 17, 2020 11:17:34 AM

Continue through the education screens until you see "Education Expenses Summary". Then you can click edit and change any information needed.

 

@cv6501

Returning Member
Mar 17, 2020 1:17:49 PM

Useless, it still won't let me enter amount from Box 1 of the 1099-T.

Expert Alumni
Mar 18, 2020 10:06:04 AM

The directions above are correct but you may have to go through several screens to get where you need to be.

  • You need to reach the screen Here’s your education summary.
  • Then under Tuition, click Edit.
  • The next screen is Did xxx get a 1098-T from xxx for 2019?.