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scholarsip income

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
April 14, 2025
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I have an inidividual who received scholarships 30, 000 greater than the tuition listed on the 1098T form. is the excess scholarship amount taxable? She is a doctoral student and not some ones dependent.

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Q. Doctoral student who received scholarships $30, 000 greater than the tuition listed on the 1098T form. is the excess scholarship amount taxable?

A. Yes.

Scholarships that pay for qualified educational expenses (QEE - tuition, fees, books and other course materials) is tax free. Scholarship amounts that exceed QEE is taxable income, on the student’s tax return. Room & board are not QEE.

If box 5 of the 1098-T exceeds box 1, TurboTax (TT) will treat the difference as taxable income, unless you enter additional QEE at books and other expenses.