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Education
@awhite1404 - let me try and provide a more concrete approach to go with @KrisD15 response.
Option 1: post the 1098T just like you see it in YOUR tax return. Follow @KrisD15 steps. The only things you can add to Box 1 are books REQUIRED for classes that were not purchased through the school. It is unlikely there are any additional fees you can add as college would have already included required fees in Box 1.
Option 2: if you parents are eligible for AOTC, then a) YOUR parents post the same amount as you posted in Option 1 for Box 1 and b) YOUR parents REDUCE Box 5 by enough so that Box 1 exceeds Box 5 by EXACTLY $4000. They claim AOTC for $2500; this is a credit. Then whatever your parents reduced box 5 by is the same amount YOU include on a 1098T on YOUR tax return. YOU are to leave Box 1 blank. This will increase your earned income but the tax you pay will be MUCH LESS than your parents benefit by taking AOTC for $2500, so your family comes out ahead with this approach,