I am entering a 1098T but it won't let me enter anything under tuition and enrollment fees which I have an amount from line #1. It says I already entered it.
I am entering a 1098T but it won't let me enter anything under tuition and enrollment fees which I have an amount from line #1. It says I already entered it.
Since TurboTax has some of your data from the prior year, it is treating it as an item to edit, which will appear at the end of this section. The best way to get this year's data into the program is to edit it following these steps:
If prompted, click on Continue where I left off or Take me to my return.
Choose Deductions and Credits from the top of the screen (for some users, this may be in the center).
Expand the Education section.
Click on Start (or Revisit).
Proceed through the entire education section answering all of the additional questions - you will go through about 8-10 additional screens, and then you should reach a summary page.
On the Education Summary screen at the end of the section, click Edit/Delete.
Edit your entries.
If you still cannot edit the data or you cannot get to the Education Summary screen, follow these additional steps:
Click on Tax Tools in the menu on the left of the screen.
Click on Tools.
When the Tools Center opens, click Delete a form.
Scroll down the list of forms and click delete beside Form 1098-T.
Confirm on the next screen by clicking Delete Form.
Scroll down the list of forms again and click Delete beside Education Tuition and Fees Summary.
Again, confirm on the next screen by clicking Delete Form.
This should clear the section out entirely and let you start fresh
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I deleted the 1098T, but I almost missed the link to enter the actual tuition and expenses when filling in the data from scratch; it wasn't that obvious when filling in the 1098T form/section.
Had I not seen the note/link, I would still have had the problem. It's not clear why Turbo Tax doesn't directly allow for this data entry without going to all of this trouble.
Go through the entire education interview until you reach a screen titled "Your Education Expenses Summary". Click edit next to the student's name. That should take you to a screen “Here’s your Education Summary”. Click edit next to the section you want to change; tuition, in this case.