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If on the form 1098-T, box 5 is equal to box 1 then there is no taxable scholarship to report. If your son is not otherwise required to file a tax return, he does not need to file one just to report his scholarship.
Thanks. But then why does TT tell me that my son needs to file a dependent return after all the questions it asks me e.g. was it used to pay supplies, books, etc? It has somehow determined its taxable I guess.
This is a standard message from TurboTax and it applies if there are scholarships not used for education expenses, which is not the case for your son.
Ok thanks. I see this as an opportunity to improve the algorithm that TT uses. Seems like it should be able to determine this by analyzing that box 1 is equal to box 5.
Anyway thanks for your help.
Well, you are at the beginning stages of dealing with the 1098-T. What can happen once your son is in college, you can claim AOTC for 4 years. It is oftentime worth having the student claim some income from scholarship on their return in order to free up money for the parents to claim the AOTC. You certainly would not want to do that with a high school student.
If you want an idea of how things can work out, I recommend you look at another of my answers.
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