I called the IRS with this question today for tax year 2015.Their answer was that if the scholarship reported on 1098-T is taxable, it needs to be reported on t...
Fair enough, and thanks for the clarification.The part in pub 501 is pretty clear.I will edit my answer below and remove the part about filing requirements.My c...
Now found this contradictory statement in the popup help from the Interactive Tax Assistant when going through the Who Must File scenario:"Earned income also in...
Same thing in the instructions for form 8615:For Form 8615, “unearned income” includes all taxable income other than earned income as defined later. Unearned in...
From 2015 Publication 17 page 208:Unearnedincome is generally all income other than salaries, wages, and other amounts received as pay for work actually done. I...