Pay Tax on Dual-Enrollment Scholarship from Senior Year?

  • In 2020, my daughter received a dual-enrollment scholarship during  spring semester of her senior year of high school to attend a college class while still attending high school. She received a 1098-T for the scholarship listing the tuition cost and scholarship which did not pay for the entire cost of tuition (we had to cover $50). The 1098-T does not check that she was at least half-time because she was not, at the time, a college student. After entering this 1098-T into Turbo Tax, and was asked if her enrollment status for 2020 was at least half-time, I answered "yes" because she was full-time in the fall of 2020.   
  • She then began college full-time in the fall of 2020 and received a 1098-T for scholarships received which do not exceed her tuition and pay for only tuition and eligible expenses. This 1098-T was entered into Turbo Tax. 
  • She also received scholarships in the summer of 2020 from her high school which are also captured in Turbo Tax (not as a 1098-T). 

Q: Why is Turbo Tax is saying that she must pay tax on all of the scholarships which she has received in 2020 even though all of her expenses were eligible (e.g. for tuition and fees, but, not room and board), and she was a full-time student?

Q: And, if it is correct that she should not pay tax on her college-provided scholarships, would she still need to pay tax on the scholarship she received when still in high school, as well as those she received after graduation from high school but before beginning college in the fall of 2020 because she was not yet a full-time college student?

Q: Is it inaccurate to state that she was a full-time student in relation to the high school dual-enrollment scholarship  because she was not a full-time college student at the time she received and used the loan?