@digitaltaxation wrote:
Thanks, would it change things if my professor was still employed at my university as a research associate? He did this to be still affiliated with the university so that he could have a say with my graduation. So even though he had the professor title at another university, he still had a research associate post at my university.
I disagree with @Hal_Al . I am very familiar with your type of situation. You were still a degree candidate at school A. Your primary mentor relocated to school B, but you stayed at school A to finish your degree. School A appointed a new primary mentor to be compliant with the graduate program regulations, but your professor still had oversight of your project. And, since you continued on the same research project (most likely funded by a grant to your mentor that they took with them to school B), school A and B worked out a way for your mentor's grant to pay your stipend (since otherwise, your new mentor would have to cover your stipend even though you weren't working on their grant-funded project.).
You are still a student within the meaning of the IRS regulations and you do not have to report wages. This is a taxable student stipend as previously discussed.
