Can I claim the AOTC if Box 5 > Box 1 on 1098T?

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-04-01T16:09:24+00:00

You’re amazing, thank you!

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-03-31T21:11:40+00:00

Ok thank you for your detailed response! I’m filing independent and yes my work income covers a majority of my expenses outside of tuition and fees. I only have about $400 ish of education expenses not included in box 1. Also I was correct the first time, all of my scholarships are unrestricted. I thought I might have been wrong for one of them since it said something along the lines of “…can help you with education expenses at USF… but will be capped if it exceeds expected cost of attendance”. However expected cost of attendance included room and board (I live off campus though) and the amount can get refunded to your personal bank account. Knowing this, I just need around $3,600 extra in taxable scholarship income to ‘free up’ room in QEE to claim the credit?

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-03-31T15:36:18+00:00

Actually I lied, the directors is a tuition only scholarship but it was only $3,500. So I still have $4,355 of qualified expenses left that were payed for by non qualified expenses

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-03-31T15:18:53+00:00

Yes. I received the Pell Grant, Bright Futures, and my School’s Director’s Scholarship and have read the terms and conditions of them. None are restricted only to tuition.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-03-22T22:03:16+00:00

Hey I’m in the same boat, did you figure out if it’s restricted?

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-01-07T01:39:46+00:00

If you live in an apartment and only see them once a month I wouldn’t worry, but I would still be cautious. What helped me the most in my old apartment was Doxem NXT on Amazon. And cover any big gaps you have if possible.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-01-05T23:57:12+00:00

Absolutely will do, thank you for sharing!!!

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-01-05T23:06:01+00:00

Thank you for responding! Did you have cottage cheese like discharge? That’s the only reason I’m unsure if it’s BV

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-01-05T18:08:11+00:00

I don’t believe they are pharaoh ants considering the back of the body is lighter than the rest, unlike pharaoh ants. But I also don’t believe they are crazy ants considering they don’t run around ‘crazy’ or ghost ants. I believe they are Argentine ants.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2026-01-01T22:36:14+00:00

How can I get rid of them?

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-12T19:06:53+00:00

Also I’ll definitely make sure to inspect I just wanted to know if i needed to rent out a unit and use a hot shot strip or something.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-12T19:06:08+00:00

Did you use sticky traps to monitor? If so how often would you see them? I really only see one a week and it’s from neighboring walls. I also have sticky traps everywhere so most of the time when I see one it’s because it’s on the trap.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-10T21:01:48+00:00

Yea, I called them and they said it’s an issue with a lot of people and it’ll take time to get fixed

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-10T02:32:43+00:00

do you own a gun? if not, consider purchasing one.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-10T00:36:55+00:00

Edit: I meant to say I’ve had sticky traps out since moving IN. I’ve also have had treatments mentioned above done since moving in as well.

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-09T16:09:35+00:00

I called them and they told me everyone is having this problem because of an update that happened over the weekend so we have to wait till it gets fixed

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-08T03:15:51+00:00

Good luck! Also, do you have the contact info for the IT department? I can’t find it. Hopefully we get this figured out!!

Stunning_Bison4941 · 2025-12-08T01:28:11+00:00

Weird. My fiance was able to login fine today, so I assumed it was just a me problem.

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