Teacher Expenses not qualified?!?!

[t-ap123]

Hello, my son attended College for the first time in 2024. We used a 529 account To pay for a room and board. He used the federal loans to help pay for tuition. He received a $5000 scholarship.

Everything has been figured out except this. I am a teacher and when trying to enter my teacher expenses to get the teacher expense deduction an error pops up that I am not eligible because my teacher expenses were cover by 1838 in non-taxable qualified tuition program distributions. Uh, no they weren’t. The 529 is for my son’s college expenses. 

[MinhT1]

Please check if box 6 on your form 1099-Q is checked or not.

If the form 1099-Q is issued to you (with your name and SSN) and your son is the beneficiary, box 6 Check if the recipient is not the designated beneficiary must be checked. 

If so, make sure that you have checked box 6 when entering form 1099-Q. If not, you have to reach out to your 529 custodian to have the form 1099-Q corrected.

[t-ap123]

I have checked and double checked. I am the recipient and my son is the beneficiary. It is marked correctly in turbo tax.  It has marked him as him being the student. 

[MinhT1]

I have tested the teacher deduction with a 1099-Q. And it works.

Try deleting your form 1099-Q and reenter it.

Your Teacher deduction should be entered as Educator Expenses (see attached screenshot).