topic Why does my refund increase (greatly) if I note college room and board was paid for with scholarship money? I think that should be the opposite. in Education https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scholarship/01/1087390#M25687 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 01:52:59 GMT ruggrock 2020-02-05T01:52:59Z Why does my refund increase (greatly) if I note college room and board was paid for with scholarship money? I think that should be the opposite. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scholarship/01/1087390#M25687 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 01:52:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scholarship/01/1087390#M25687 ruggrock 2020-02-05T01:52:59Z Re: Why does my refund increase (greatly) if I note college room and board was paid for with scho... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scho/01/1087847#M25708 <P>This scenario indicates that the scholarship is no longer applicable to the "<STRONG>tuition</STRONG>". (The tuition gives you the tax benefit, while the room and board does not apply to qualified educational deductions.)</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 02:56:51 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scho/01/1087847#M25708 LindaB1993 2020-02-05T02:56:51Z Re: Why does my refund increase (greatly) if I note college room and board was paid for with scho... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scho/01/1088002#M25716 <P>Thanks for the reply, and that is what I thought should happen, but Turbo Tax seems to be working just the opposite as it should. When the scholarship is only for tuition, I get no change to my refund amount, but if I indicate that some of it went to room &amp; board, my refund grows by thousands of dollars. It seems to be calculating the info backwards. Thanks.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:20:52 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-why-does-my-refund-increase-greatly-if-i-note-college-room-and-board-was-paid-for-with-scho/01/1088002#M25716 ruggrock 2020-02-05T03:20:52Z