Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

TurboTax appears to be doing it correctly. It is not taxing the $10,000 scholarship.  Instead, it is reducing the qualified expenses because $10,000 of those expenses were paid by tax free scholarship. 

 

So,  43,920 / 52,628 = 83.45% of the box 2 (1099-Q)  is tax free.  0.8345 x 31923 = 26,641.  You have  31,923 - 26,641 = $5282 of reportable income.  That should show on that  "Qualified Tuition Program (QTP) Computation of Taxable Distribution" worksheet (page 3 line 7).

 

Note the alternative, at my earlier post: have the student report $10,000 taxable scholarship on his return. If he has no other income, the tax will be 0.  You then avoid tax on the $5282.