I am in a similar position with my son's 1098-T. They correctly report what was collected for TRE in box 1 which includes his tuition scholarship $, plus $10,000 in our money to cover the tuition not covered by the scholarship. The problem is in box 5 they reported his Tuition scholarship + his Room & Board scholarship. This makes box 5 greater than box 1 and it looks like he is being paid to go to school which is just not the case. We paid $10M for tuition (as well as books etc). The school says the form is accurate, but it is really comparing reporting apples in box 1 and apples & oranges in box 5.
