topic Re: 1098T in Education

1098T

duecker — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:02:48 GMT

I am unable to enter my daughter's 1098T tuition expenses on her taxes. The amount already entered is $0 and it said that I entered that earlier. I did not enter it earlier. She had very little income last year so would that cause this?

Re: 1098T

CatinaT1 — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:18:15 GMT

To file your 1098-T please follow the steps below:

Open (continue) your return, if you're not already in it.
In TurboTax, search for 1098T .
Click Jump to 1098T in the search results.
Answer any education questions that pop up (enrollment status, name of school, and so forth).

If you land on the Education Expenses Summary screen, click Edit next to the student in question, then edit the Tuition item.

Additional Information on 1098-T's.

Re: 1098T

druckeras — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 20:49:20 GMT

Turbotax will not allow me to enter in my daughters 1098T even after following the reply message below:

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To file your 1098-T please follow the steps below:

Open (continue) your return, if you're not already in it.
In TurboTax, search for 1098T .
Click Jump to 1098T in the search results.
Answer any education questions that pop up (enrollment status, name of school, and so forth).

If you land on the Education Expenses Summary screen, click Edit next to the student in question, then edit the Tuition item.

Re: 1098T

KrisD15 — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:41:28 GMT

Did you go to "Deductions & Credits" in the Federal sections and scroll down to "Education"?

(you may need to answer Yes/No questions and/or click "Show all tax breaks" to find it.

Re: 1098T

blipp39211 — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:24:05 GMT

I'm having the same issue. Where you enter Education Expenses, Tuition and Enrollment fees indicates $0. Clicking on the link brings up the below:

Tuition and Fee Expenses

This number includes the total amount of tuition and related fee expenses (such as student fees, attendance fees, enrollment fees or assessment fees) that you paid to your school in 2019.

Note: You entered this number in earlier.

Re: 1098T

blipp39211 — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:43:06 GMT

Figured it out. Not intuitive when you have to "Edit" the student afterwards...

Re: 1098T

Katesteeer — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:18:01 GMT

Could you please explain as I am having the same exact issue.

What do you mean I have to EDIT the student afterwards?

Thank you.

Re: 1098T

Katesteeer — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:39:59 GMT

You are correct! This is not logical as you have to enter the Education Expenses then, you need to go back & EDIT each student; then finally go back into Education Expenses & remove Box 5 if you don't, it reports the Scholarship/Grant twice incorrectly.

Thank you for your help. Turbo Tax needs to make this section more user friendly.