To have to answer a question about book expenses to get a Room & Board screen shows that TurboTax is deficient here. TT never did ask me to enter my 1099-Q information. I had to search on "1099-Q" to get a screen for it.
Part of my confusion on the R&B/book expense page was that I couldn't tell if TT subtracted those values from the Box 1 amount or if it added them to it, or even just subtracted or added certain fields, like books that had to be bought from the school versus those that didn't, or vice versa. I think this is an example of places where TT should include more explanation on the effects of the inputs.
