Investors & landlords

I don't know what 1099Div you are looking at but box 1b Is the part (or all) of box 1a that is qualified.  Box 2a is a totally separate amount and not part of 1a or 1b and NOT the total.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099div_18.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099div_18.pdf</a>