Tuition fees in box 2 is $6000 and scholarship in box 5 is $12000. I found out that the excess scholarship was actually used to pay for last year's tuition fee. It is reflected on this year 1098T only because the scholarship was issued in January this year. So technically, my scholarship is equal to my tuition fees this year. The problem is, that's not how it looks on my 1098T. It looks like I received the leftover money and have to pay tax on that $6000 surplus, which is not right. How should I complete my 1098T without having to pay tax on excess scholarship?
