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My daughter attends University S and studied abroad in the fall of 2019 at University W. University S and University W have a cooperative agreement regarding scholarships. Both are approved educational institutions. We claim her as a dependent on our taxes. My daughters scholarships at University S covered part of her tuition and we paid the rest. Her scholarships at University S transferred to University W for her study abroad. In addition, she applied for and received a study abroad travel award for $1000 from University W that only applied to her flights. This spring we received two 1098Ts. The 1098T from University S included all of the scholarships and payments that we received/made in 2019. We then received a 1098T from University W with the transferred scholarship and payment amounts they received from University S. We did not pay University W any money. All of our bills were from University S. Do we enter both 1098Ts? How do we adjust those amounts in TurboTax? Also, my daughter worked and paid taxes in 2019 (less than $12,000) and would like to file to receive any refund. How does she account for the $1000 travel award from University W?
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The 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. You claim the tuition credit, or report scholarship income, based on your own financial records, not the 1098-T.
If the 1098-T from W duplicates box 5 amounts from S, the simple thing to do is change it to the correct amount at the 1098-T screen. You will reach a screen that allows you to add other scholarship, but I don't believe it allows you to subtract any (you can't enter a negative number).
Even though you are claiming her as a dependent, and claiming the tuition credit (I assume), she can still file a tax return.
In TurboTax, she indicates that somebody else can claim her as a dependent, at the personal information section. TT will check that box on form 1040.
With the tax law change, effective 2018, most students will get the same refund whether they claim themselves or not. The personal exemption has been eliminated and the standard deduction increased.
To claim the $1000 as income, she enters a 1098-T from U. W. Leave box 1 blank and enter $1000 in box 5. This assumes the box 1 amounts on both 1098-Ts exceeds the box 5 amounts. Otherwise, he may have more scholarship income to report.
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This "aside" may not apply to you, but I provide it just in case.
There is a tax “loophole” available. The student reports all his scholarship, up to the amount needed to claim the American opportunity credit, as income on his return. That way, the parents (or himself, if he is not a dependent) can claim the tuition credit on their return. They can do this because that much tuition was no longer paid by "tax free" scholarship. You cannot do this if the school’s billing statement specifically shows the scholarships being applied to tuition or if the conditions of the grant are that it be used to pay for qualified expenses.
Using an example: Student has $10,000 in box 5 of the 1098-T and $8000 in box 1. At first glance he/she has $2000 of taxable income and nobody can claim the American opportunity credit. But if she reports $6000 as income on her return, the parents can claim $4000 of qualified expenses on their return.
We have changed the amounts for the incorrect 1098T from University W and the IRS keeps rejecting our return. The error message is:
/Return/ReturnData/IRS8863/StudentAnd EducationalInstrnGrp/EducationalInstitutionGroup/PriorYear1098T ReceivedInd - This Return could not be processed for e-filing due to incorrect or missing information.
We have deleted the 1098T's, re entered them, updated our Turbo Tax, rebooted our computer. and the IRS continues to reject our return. Any suggestions?
No, I've never seen that rejection code.
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