My situation. My 2017 1098-T shows billing for Winter 2018 and scholarships awarded for that same semester. My payment was sent and dated via check in Dec 2017 but not shown paid by university until early Jan 2018. How do I treat that payment? For 2017 and match up with the 1098-T or will it be counted towards 2018 tuition payments and 2018 taxes next year?
