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Level 2
posted Apr 20, 2020 2:11:14 PM

scholarships

Turbo tax is treating my scholarship as taxable income--in line 7 of my 1040. the scholarship is for tuition and fees and I'm a degree candidate at an eligible university

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Employee Tax Expert
Apr 20, 2020 2:37:04 PM

It depends upon what the funds were used for.

 

Scholarships are taxable if used for the following items

  • Room & board 
  • Travel & incidental expenses 
  • Any fees, books & supplies not required for classes 

Scholarships are not taxable if used at an eligible school for a degree if: 

  • Tuition & fees 
  • Fees, books, supplies needed for classes 
  • Scholarship or fellowship for services from: 
    • National Health Services Corps Scholarship Program 
    • Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship & Financial Assistance program 

You can update your input by doing the following if you determine the scholarships should be allocated to tuition or room & board, as it was awarded to you:

  1. Go to the Federal section of the program 
  2. Select Deductions & Credits 
  3. Select Expenses and Scholarships (Form 1098-T)
  4. Select Edit to review your information for the 1098-T 

You can edit your input for this section under the Scholarship tab as indicated below.

 

Scholarship adjustment

 

 

Level 2
Apr 21, 2020 4:26:43 AM

I'm using turbo premier, I do not have the window you show in the picture you pasted. The $47,997 in the second picture includes the $43,357 scholarship money reported in line 5 of the 1098-T.  If you're not familiar with turbo premier, please seek help from one of your colleagues (when i posted my question I was asked to tell which software, the picture you posted seems to be from the online platform).

 

This is what I see:

 

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