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Hello!
I was in Undergraduate research experience program for 11 weeks in 2024. Michigan State University chose me to participate in this and I was given a stipend.
Question: received a 1099-Misc and not sure what to enter under questions as to self employment or not. Or uncommon situations. How should this be entered. It greatly affects my taxes depending on how I answer questions. I would like to know the correct way to file this and is this considered earned income that I will have to pay taxes on ??
thanks
Jordan K
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Do not enter it in the 1099-Misc section of TurboTax (TT).
Enter stipend
Enter at Educational Expenses and Scholarships, under Deductions and credits (not the income section).
After answering no to having a 1098-T*, answer yes to qualifying for an exception (that gets you to the entry screens). You will have to go thru the whole education interview to get to the scholarship screen. At the scholarship screen, enter the amount of the grant. When asked if any was used for room and board, answer yes. Then enter the amount you want to be taxable (usually all of it), in the pop up box. R&B are not "qualified educational expenses". So, this is how you tell TT that it is taxable. Note the wording at that screen “or other expenses”. You didn’t have to literally use the scholarship for R&B. This will put it on line 8r of Schedule 1 (this line was added in 2022).
*If you do have a 1098-T, one of the follow-up questions will be do you have any scholarships not shown on the 1098-T. Enter the additional scholarship/stipend there.
Scholarships are a hybrid between earned and unearned income. It is earned income for purposes of the $14,600 filing requirement (2024) and the dependent standard deduction calculation (earned income + $450). It is not earned income for the kiddie tax and other purposes (e.g. EIC). For grad students and post grad fellows, scholarship, stipend and fellowship income is earned income ("compensation") for IRA contributions.
Taxable scholarship goes on line 8r of Schedule 1, from which TT treats it as hybrid income.
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