room and board expenses

[simpleliving412]

Good day everyone,

my 2nd daughter 1098T form has

box1 = 5547 , box 5 =16269,

and her room expenses = 6139,

and room payment used came from the Fapsa grant, and all articles and posting in TTax community says room expenses is taxable.

After i enter datas from 1098T, i come across a section that ask "Did you pay for Room and Board with a scholarship or grant?", and entered her 6139 room expense. As i finish the federal review section, i click on the forms mode icon on top right, to see if the room expense had been considered as income and be taxable, but i am just seeing a value of 10722, (which is 16269(box 5)- 5547(box1) = 10722)

Other datas
few months of her extra job W2 = 14228
interest tax = 449
Agi = 25339   (that is, (box5 - box1)+ 14228+ 449),

i dont see where the room expense(6139) had been added to as income (and need to be tax), should TTax had added it automatically or, should i add it manually as other income?

i was expecting TTax will add it, as there is a section that asked for room and board payments,

thanks in advance for any infos and comments, and have a stress free day..

[Vanessa A]

Basically, anything in box 5 greater than box 1 is taxable income unless it was used for other qualified education expenses such as a laptop that was required or books that were required as part of enrollment.  So yes, the room expenses are counted as taxable income.  They are not entered a second time or the amount would be double taxed.