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1098-T box 1 amount shows combined payments for tuition and on-campus housing

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
February 7, 2021
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How should I handle this situation within Turbotax? When entering the 1098-T form information in TurboTax, should I reduce the box 1 amount by substracting the payments made for on-campus housing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Yes, please select "This is not what I paid to the school" under Box 1 on the 1098-T input screen and enter the adjusted number reflecting tuition only.

Later you may report the room and board if it relevant (to offset a 529 distribution for example).

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You should report this error to the school. You don't need to to file your taxes.

But that so wrong that it's hard to believe a school would make that kind of mistake. There may be something else going on here.