pfdcpa
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04-03-2021
05:24 PM
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My client has excess scholarships above qualified expenses. when I try to enter that in the miscellaneous income screen I get an critical diagnostic asking for parents information. From my understanding it adds to earned income and should be reported on the line for the W-2
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sjrcpa
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04-03-2021
05:56 PM
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Yes it gets reported on the wages line, but it counts as unearned income for kiddie tax.
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TaxGuyBill
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04-03-2021
06:49 PM
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I agree with Susan.
For some weird reason the IRS says that for purposes of the Standard Deduction that taxable scholarships can be considered as Earned Income. But for the Kiddie Tax (and pretty much everything else), it is Unearned Income.
pfdcpa
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04-04-2021
07:38 AM
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Thank you for your help. That seems to fix my problem
pfdcpa
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04-04-2021
07:38 AM
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Thank you for your help
sjrcpa
Level 15
04-04-2021
08:28 AM
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You're welcome.
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