Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

For 529 plans, there is an “owner” (usually the parent), and a “beneficiary” (usually the student dependent). The "recipient" of the distribution can be either the owner or the beneficiary depending on who the money was sent to. When the money goes directly from the Qualified Tuition Plan (QTP) to the school, the student is the "recipient". The distribution will be reported on IRS form 1099-Q.
The 1099-Q gets reported on the recipient's return.** The recipient's name & SS# will be on the 1099-Q.
Even though the 1099-Q is going on the student's return, the 1098-T should go on the parent's return, so you can claim the education credit. You can do this because he is your dependent.

Room and board are not qualified expenses (QE) for the tuition credit.  R&B is only a QE for the 529 distributions (1099-Q). Only the person entering the 1099-Q needs to enter R&B.  So, you should not be trying to enter R&B on form 8863.