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You should report your fellowship as follows:
This will report your fellowship on line 7 of your Form 1040, and you will not be subject to Self Employment Tax.
You should report your fellowship as follows:
This will report your fellowship on line 7 of your Form 1040, and you will not be subject to Self Employment Tax.
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Can I deduct the living expenses the fellowship was intended for? This was a 1 yr fellowship which went into 2019 (Jan - Aug), past the calendar year that she was enrolled in higher education (graduated May 2018) and therefore not enrolled in higher education program in the 2019 portion.
Moved into W-2 federal employment at end of fellowship.
If a scholarship is used for living expenses, it is taxable.
Only when a scholarship is used to pay tuition and fees might it be non-taxable, HOWEVER:
According to the IRS:
"Payment for services. Generally, you can't exclude from your gross income the part of any scholarship or fellowship grant that represents payment for teaching, research, or other services required as a condition for receiving the scholarship. This applies even if all candidates for a degree must perform the services to receive the degree. However, see Exceptions next.
Exceptions. You don't have to treat as payment for services the part of any scholarship or fellowship grant that represents payment for teaching, research, or other services if you receive the amount under:
• The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program,
• The Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program, or
• A comprehensive student work-learning-service program (as defined in section 448(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) operated by a work college (as defined in that section)."
I am in this same situation. When I file like this my State return when it asks if I was "employed, retired, or none", only gives me the option to select retired or none even though I was employed.
How did you report your fellowship income?
If you reported your fellowship income as Taxable Scholarship in the Education section, this does not indicate employment.
If you reported it (or part of if) as Other Reportable Income, your state may not recognize this as 'wages' necessarily, since you didn't have Social Security or Medicare tax withheld.
It should not affect your state return if you choose 'None'.
Click this link for more info on Reporting Internship/Fellowship Income.
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