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Education
You will need to review whether you can be claimed as a dependent by another person, or if you are able to claim your own personal exemption on your tax return, to determine whether you will report the Form 1098- T on your return. If you qualify as a dependent on someone else's tax return, then that person would report the information from the 1098-T on their tax return, with the exception being if the scholarships/grants exceed the qualified education expenses, in which case you will report the 1098-T and all other educational expenses and scholarships/grants on your tax return. If you are required to file a return to for any reason, and qualify to be claimed as dependent on someone else's (for example: your parent's) return, you will need to indicate on your return, that you can be claimed by someone else.
If you do not qualify to be a dependent on anyone else's tax return, you will report the 1098-T on your return and can do so by following the instructions listed in the following TurboTax FAQ:
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