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Hi,

 

Thank you for the above response! I have a follow up question.

 

Q. I don't need to finish using up the scholarship fund in the year (2022) I received as long as I use it to pay for my tuition. Am I right?

A.  No.  If a check was issued to you in 2022, all the money, from that check, must be used for 2022 expenses.

 

If I use up the scholarship to pay for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 tuition in 2022, is Spring 2023 considered 2022 expenses if it is a prepaid for an academic period that begins in the first three months of the next calendar year? Is there any IRS Publications I can refer to? Thank you!