Since this year my school reports differently my RA pay on my T-1098 form. Now it's included in Box 5 as a Scholarship/Grant, while the year before it wasn't included in any of the boxes - it was indeed listed as N/A (or allowance) on the form.
Here's the problem:
By including the RA pay in my scholarships, and not including it in my tuition expenses (because room and board doesn't qualify as an expense), my scholarships/grants end up being way more than my tuition expenses. After taxing the difference, it happens so that instead of being eligible to get education tax credit (American Opportunity Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning etc.), now I don't get credit anymore and on top of it, I also have to pay taxes on the exceeding amount.
How do I resolve this problem? Thanks in advance!
