Hal_Al
Level 15

Education

The 1098-T can be entered on both the parent's and the student's tax return. 

 

The 1098-T (and the 1099-Q) is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. However receipt of a 1098-T frequently means you are either eligible for a tuition credit or possibly your student has taxable scholarship income (in your case report QTP distributions). 

If you claim the tuition credit, you do need to report that you got one or that you qualify for an exception (the TurboTax interview will handle this)

You claim the tuition credit, or report scholarship income, based on your own financial records, not the 1098-T. In the 1098-T screen, click on the link "What if this is not what I paid the school" underneath box 1. You will then be able to enter the actual amounts paid. You will also reach a screen that allows you to adjust the scholarship amount for "amounts not awarded for 2022 expenses".

Or if you find it easier, just change the numbers in boxes 1& 5 to what your records show. The 1098-T that you enter in TT is not sent to the IRS.

 

Be advised entering all that in TT, can get messy. In particular, in the student interview, you should eventually reach a screen called "Amount used to calculate education  credit" Be sure the amount in that box is $4000, you claimed on your return. 

Be advised some people are saying they're not getting the "Amount used to claim the tuition deduction or credit" (or “Education Expenses used for a Tax Credit”) screen on the dependent’s interview.  Check the student information work sheet (part VI, line 17) to verify it was entered.  If not, the alternate workaround is  to enter $4000 less than the actual box 1  amount, when you enter the 1098-T.