For fall 2022 I had applied for two scholarships equaling $2475 and $2871, I received $2871 during fall semester, which was used to pay my tuition, and part of $2475 was used to cover the remaining balance of my fall tuition, and the remainder of that same $2475 was then refunded to me via check in April 2023.
When I filed my taxes for 2022 I was able to receive the AOC because my out of pocket tuition expenses were more than my scholarships awarded.
In 2023 I took a winter session course to finish up my BA and fully expected to get a refund back when it was time to file taxes for 2023. However, my 1098T has the scholarship of $2475 applied for 2023.
Am I correct in thinking that the school kind of screwed me over by reporting that Fall scholarship for 2023 instead of 2022? Especially since $1129 of it was used to cover the rest of my fall tuition, and my out of pocket payments for 2022 exceed the amount of the total of BOTH scholarships, meaning I would have received the AOC credit regardless.
Now as it stands I cannot get a refund for the winter session course I paid out of pocket for because I have that scholarship applied to my 2023 1098 T.
Is there something I can do to have that scholarship applied to 2022? Or is there a way of filling out my tax return so that I can claim my education credit for the winter session course I paid out of pocket for?
