KrisD15
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

The TurboTax program should give you the option of entering the Room and Board expense in the "Education" section under "Deductions and Credits" AFTER you enter the 1099-Q. 

You may also simply not report the distribution if it was all used for education expenses as listed above since there will be no taxable income for you to declare. 

Be sure to keep the 1099-Q and all receipts for the expenses with your tax file. 

 

Another point that may be of interest to you, depending on whether you will have funds left in your 529 account-

SECURE 2.0 just added a provision to allow a Taxpayer to rollover funds from a 529 account to a Roth IRA. 

 

"Section 126, Special rules for certain distributions from long-term qualified tuition programs to Roth IRAs. Section 126 amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for tax and penalty free rollovers from 529 accounts to Roth IRAs, under certain conditions. Beneficiaries of 529 college savings accounts would be permitted to rollover up to $35,000 over the course of their lifetime from any 529 account in their name to their Roth IRA. These rollovers are also subject to Roth IRA annual contribution limits, and the 529 account must have been open for more than 15 years."

@saaruuh 

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