You are correct.  The "timing" is always off when schools bill in December for Spring.  We used to have boxes for amounts billed and amounts paid, now only amounts paid so it "appears" with -0- tuition and positive scholarships.

Depending upon the situation I enter in the Student Information Worksheet room and board exactly equal to the scholarship (or actual if the kid lived off campus and paid rent) or I will enter in tuition (not on a 1098-T) to equal.  This forces the computer to reflect a net zero of expenses over scholarships.