Education

If you paid more in tuition than has been reported on the Form 1098-T,  you can enter the amounts that you paid. 

In the section where you are entering information from the Form 1098-T, there is a link or a check-box that will expand that page so that you can enter the information from your Form 1098-T and the amount that you actually paid for tuition. 

Look for the link or check-box directly under the entry for Box 1 of the 1098-T.  It says something like “This is not what I paid to this school?”.  Click that link or check the box and an additional box will open up to allow you to enter the actual amounts that were paid for tuition. 

To get to the section where you can enter/edit the information on Form 1098-T, start by going to the Education section of your return using these steps:  

• On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
• This opens a box where you can type in “education” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
• The search results will give you an option to “Jump to education”
• Click on the blue “Jump to education” link

Then, if you are not prompted to enter your 1098-T, go through the entire education expenses section of your return until you reach the screen titled “Your Education Expenses Summary”, then follow these steps:

• Click Edit next to the student name.
• On the screen titled “Here’s your Education Summary”, click Edit beside Tuition.
• Enter the information from your Form 1098-T.

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