Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

Pub 970, chapter 1. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf

 

A tuition waiver is only a discounted price.

Any scholarship used for qualified expenses (tuition) is tax free.  

 

If you received no document reporting this (1099, 1098-T), you have nothing to be concerned with.  Even when a 1098-T is used, the box 1 amount offsets the box 5 amount.