Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

The method zoltanb describes will work.

 

Alternatively, enter it in the 1099-NEC section.  At the screen titled "Does one of these uncommon situations apply?", select "This is not money earned as an employee or self employed individual, it is from a sporadic activity......"

That will automatically put it on line 8z of Schedule 1 and identify it as "non-employee compensation from 1099-NEC"

 

You say this was  "student loans forgiveness or repayment by a third party".  It kinda depends on your relationship to the third party.  If the payer was your employer, it should be treated differently.