Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

Room & Board are allowable expenses for a 529 Distribution. You may use your actual cost or the school's ''allowance for attendance", which ever is lower.  My local state college has an allowance of $11,500/year.   Assuming her school is as little as 75% of that, the 529 distribution is tax free to you.  She does not need to claim the full $10,000 tuition to get the maximum LLC (In her case only about $1500, because of her income). 

 

For simplicity, just don't enter the 1099-Q on your return.  You know none of it is taxable. 

 

On her return, she enters  the 1098-T, exactly as received.  She does not need to make any adjustments for what you claim because there is already enough "left over", for her return.