topic 1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)? in Retirement tax questions

1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)?

Dodazjaz — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:26:31 GMT

Re: 1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)?

Opus 17 — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:02:53 GMT

Loan repayment by the NIH is not always taxable income, but I or someone else will have to research the situation. Can you tell us more about your situation? (For example, doctor in an underserved area, etc.). What is the name of the program?

Re: 1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)?

Dodazjaz — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:09:38 GMT

It is merely that TurboTax (TT) doesn't have the 1099-g form with a box 6 option to allow entry of this 1099-g taxable grant (it is not unemployment, Box 1)...done it now many yrs in a row, should have pre-populated with NIH address, etc.

Re: 1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)?

Opus 17 — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:18:02 GMT

@Dodazjaz wrote:

It is merely that TurboTax (TT) doesn't have the 1099-g form with a box 6 option to allow entry of this 1099-g taxable grant (it is not unemployment, Box 1)...done it now many yrs in a row, should have pre-populated with NIH address, etc.

On the Income page, there are two separate places to enter 1099-G forms, one for unemployment and one for everything else. It does contain taxable grant and box 6. Are you in the right place? You may need to click on something like "show me everything", "show me more choices" or "let me choose what to work on."

Re: 1099-g for nih loan repayment, I have their 1099-g right in front of me, but you TT, don't have a box 6 to enter the amount as a taxble grant (not unemployment)?

Dodazjaz — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:18:30 GMT

Thanks! Found the right place and entered it as a taxable grant (but searching 'go to 1099-g' shouldn't be a deadend-as it is, and backdoor Roth should be just a straight up option, not cribbing off blogs -- way too hard to be paying money for TT software).