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Education
Your scholarships and grants are NOT considered as your income in 2020. You've entered something wrong. If box 1 of your 1098-T exceeds box 5, TurboTax will not calculate taxable income unless you tell it otherwise.
Scholarships that pay for qualified educational expenses (QEE - tuition, fees, books and other course materials) are tax free. Only scholarship amounts that exceed QEE is taxable income, on the student’s tax return.
The 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. However receipt of a 1098-T frequently means you are either eligible for a tuition credit or deduction or possibly your student has taxable scholarship income. You claim the tuition credit, or report scholarship income, based on your own financial records, not the 1098-T. But, entering the 1098-T, makes that go smoother.
What are you trying to do? Are you a dependent?