Yes, @Hal_Al , that worked. Thank you.
So, if someone else is reading this:
I had a kid who earned more in scholarships than got used for tuition (on 1098-T Box 5 was bigger than box 1).
I had entered his 1098-T on my taxes, but he needed to pay taxes on the difference on his taxes (or at least report it).
Here's what we did (and it worked!):
In turbotax doing our dependent son's taxes, we entered his 1098-T in the Education section (not wages/income section) of the interview (and had to go through all their questions trying to see if he was going to qualify for a tax credit even though we KNEW he wasn't because he is a dependent).
All we knew after going through the education interview was that he didn't qualify for a tax credit (duh-- we already knew that).
It wasn't until we looked at his actual tax form (after paying...) were we sure that turbotax put that into his taxable income. But it was there.
Hope this helps someone else. (I wish turbotax had been more specific when doing MY taxes as to how to go about entering it in his tax forms. When doing my taxes, turbotax said that he'd have to report it "in Education not in Wages", but turbotax didn't say enough details to be helpful... it should have said, "just proceed through all the tax credit interview questions as if you are looking to get a tax credit but don't worry we'll plug that taxable amount transparently into the right place when all is said and done."
Thanks again, @Hal_Al ! Your info was just what I needed to give it a try.
