Matt07924
Returning Member

Education

I spoke too soon.


I figured out the problem.

 

It is a TurboTax problem.

 

When I enter in my wife's 1098-T which has box 8 checked, Turbo Tax says that my wife is a full time student in 2019 for 1099-Q.  This is incorrect.  We withdrew from 529 and paid the school in 2019 for 2020 term.  When I go to fix the 1099-Q for my wife and put down "none of the above" -- she was not in any school at all in 2019, the 1098-T gets wiped out and removed.  If I re-enter the 1098-T, my wife is then marked as full time student which is not correct for 2019.  This is a programming error on Turbo Tax's part.

 

TurboTax is NOT allowing for someone pay tuition in 2019 for 2020 when they have no schooling in 2019.  

 

Please fix this.