We're wondering why we could not claim our son's educational expenses for 2019 like we did for 2018, especially since our family income was not much different.
We just received my son's 1098-T from the University. For "Payments received for qualified tuition and related expenses" it shows $19,190.00 and for "Scholarships or grants" it shows $5445.00
In Turbo Tax, it asked for the Tuition/Grant amount, but not the expenses for 2019 like it did for 2018. At the end of the assessment TT stated "It turns out Nathan's Scholarship or Grant Counts as Income" and "There is no taxable income in your return."
Other Facts
1. Our return is Married Filing Jointly
2. 2019 was our son's 2nd year of full time University enrollment
3. He lived on the college campus for the 1st 5 months of 2019 and then spent the remaining 7 months living at home with my wife and I while he continued to take online courses at Penn State
Thank you again for any assistance,
Scott Moyer
