topic Do I as the student and non-dependent report the non- qualified expenses of my 1098-T as income? in Education

Do I as the student and non-dependent report the non- qualified expenses of my 1098-T as income?

AlanaS — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:19:12 GMT

I'm 19, but my parents can't really claim me and will not be paying taxes either way. I am just trying to understand if it's right if I put the amount of income($8,600 for room and board) and then not be eligible to claim anything since technically all of my scholarship(~27,000) was used to pay for tuition. Clarification would be nice because as it sits, I lost my refund I thought I was getting and now owe my state(MI) tax.

Oh, I earned around $5500(withholding was 0) with my jobs...

AlanaS — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:19:13 GMT

Oh, I earned around $5500(withholding was 0) with my jobs and that pushed me up to around $14,000 so the standard deduction of 12,000 didn't really apply anymore.

The standard deduction is still helping as otherwise your...

MichaelL1 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:19:14 GMT

The standard deduction is still helping as otherwise your taxable income would be much higher.

You are doing it correctly and it is income to you. Sorr...

MichaelL1 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:19:15 GMT

You are doing it correctly and it is income to you. Sorry about this, but great you are getting the nice scholarships.