Where do I enter employer tuition assistance from my job for my dependent?

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February 15, 2022
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ThomasM125

I believe you meant that your employer gave you money to use for education expenses for your tax dependent. If so, your employer should have reported that on your W-2 form, so your W-2 entry in TurboTax should have taken care of your reporting.

If it wasn't reported on your W-2 form, however, you can enter the scholarship income when you enter your form 1098-T in TurboTax, on the screen that says Did You Receive a Scholarship or Grant in 2021? Enter the amount in the box that says Employer-Provided Assistance.

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Hal_Al

Employee

Although employers can provide employees tax free tuition assistance, they are not allowed to provide tax free tuition assistance to employee's dependents. As Thomas125 said, if you got dependent tuition assistance, from your employer, it should have been included as taxable income on your W-2. As such, YOU effectively paid the tuition with your (after tax) money. You can claim a tuition credit and do not report the as either scholarships or tuition assistance. That is, you don't enter it anywhere.

On the other hand, if it was not properly treated as taxable income to you, how was it reported to you? For example, did the school include the amount in box 5 of the student's 1098-T?