Education

yes, you do enter the room and board when it's asked, but the issue is TT uses that information to determine if the earnings on the 1099-Q are taxable or not.

 

it is NOT an acceptable expense related to the 1098-T. 

 

on the 1099Q, whose name is on the form, THAT's whose tax return the form goes on (it'll be you if you received the money from the administrator, it will be your child, if the administrator was directed to send the money directly to the college or your child)