Hi - I'm helping my son with his first real round of taxes. He graduated university in May 2021. In prior years he'd been a dependent on my taxes, but now cannot as he is working and on his own. He still got a 1099-T that covers the tuition and scholarships for his last year of school. We're using the Desktop TT Premier. I went through the workflow under education deductions to enter the info from the 1099-T and it gave him a greater refund.
My question/concern is that the tuition paid was funded through a 529 distribution that his grandparents funded. It feels strange that my son can take a deduction for tuition that he didn't personally pay. But perhaps that is correct as no one else can claim him as a dependent in this year.
Can he take this deduction, or have I missed something? Thank you!
