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Education
You have $30,856 in qualified expenses. Less $4000 paid by scholarship and $4000 you will use to claim an education credit = $22,856. Since that is more than the $19,667 ( 18262 + 905) you withdrew from the 529 plan; neither of the 1099-Q's need to be reported. Do not enter them in TurboTax, at all.
Your daughter does not need to file a tax return.
To claim the tuition credit, enter the 1098-T on your return. To simplify the process enter $11,189* in box 1 and $4000 in box 5. The 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. When asked, do not enter book and computer expenses, since they're already accounted for.
Ignore the refunded money from the school, since you put it back in the 529 plan (as you should have). It is common for 2019 payments to include the 1st 2020 term. Tax rules go by when the money was paid; so you are OK on that point. Ignore the $1500 sign up bonus. It's included in the earnings (box 2 of the 1099-Q).
*$30,856 total expenses less $19,667 used for the 1099-Q's = $11,189.
Keep your calculations, with your tax records, since they won't show on the TurboTax worksheets.