My question was similar to this, but trying to determine if I "need" to enter school information somewhere. Here's my situation (I am the parent with a college student). I am claiming my student as a dependent and putting the 1098-T expenses on my tax return. Long story short, I'm getting the $2,500 AOTC. However, I also withdrew money from student's Coverdell (and thus got a 1099-Q in their name). I am putting this on their tax return. I too want to put in just the room and board. However, unless I bypass the steps and go straight to the form, it seems to force me to enter school information from the 1098-T (which I don't want to do). Do I have to list a college (name, address, tax ID) or can I just enter the room and board expenses (to offset the Coverdell distribution).
