The irony is that I'm not looking for an educational tax credit.
The concern is that the amount in box 5 is greater than the amount in box 1 which is what causes turbo tax to make it taxable.
At this point, I edited the amount in box 1 to equal amount in Box 5 - since turbo allowed me to do that, and there is no effect on our taxable income. I guess that's the same thing as simply not including the 1098T in the return
