btw login before you reply to anything or you'll lose your comment..ugh!
Anyway...@dosmom1234 , where did you find the source of a pre-paid 529 being student support? Interesting, because prepaid 529s are mostly limited to paying for qualified education expenses. The comments above indicate the taxable "room & board" scholarships are disqualified as student support because they are a third party(gift). Again this goes back to if COA (QEE+R&B) is paid fully with a 529 is this student or parent support?
As for the beach trip...my understanding for the support test, would be you would calculate this just as you would for the room & board portion you apply to your student.....the student expense for the beach trip would be the vacation cost divided by the number of family members. If the student reimbursed you for his portion (student support), if not then that portion was a gift to the student (parent support).
