The financial institution has an obligation to report those numbers in Boxes 1,2 and3.
If you received a 1099-Q without those boxes reported, what is it reporting?
I'm sure the Account Manager could supply you with those numbers, but if the distribution was used to pay education expenses, including Room and Board, there is no need to enter the 1099-Q.
In this case, don't report the distribution and also lower the expense it was used to pay.
In other words, if you paid 10,000 in tuition and used a 6,000 distribution to pay tuition, only enter 4,000 as tuition expense (if you further need to apply expenses towards scholarships or for an Education Credit)
If it was entirely used to pay Room and Board, don't enter the distribution. Additionally Room and Board would then become irrelevant.
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