Hi Dave,
I am writing a similar question about reporting Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) stipend in Turbotax.
In my case, I am an international student, as a Ph.D. candidate. I got a 1099-MISC from the university. In this form, ONLY box 3 shows the other income, and others remain $0.00 or blank.
From your post: "Instead of issuing a W2, a 1099 MISC was issued because your employer did not wish to pay their portion of payroll taxes on your earnings. As a result, you are responsible for paying your own FICA taxes (social security and medicare) and to do this, you need to report this as self-employment income." I guess this is the reason why I have 1099-MISC instead of W-2. That is fair enough. But for filing tax, it is not convenient to report in TurboTax.
I also saw some other answers shown as below (see the link):
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/1099-misc-for-a-stipend-payment-where-do-i-put-it...
If I follow this way, the income is NOT treated as the Earned Income, which then leads to qualify for the EITC.
So I am thinking the way you described here is more reasonable for my case. Is it correct?
Thanks!
But I am thinking the way you described here is much more
