Any Higher Education Expense Tax Knowledgeable People around? X-posted

[cjzimmer1]

I've tried reading the publications and I'm using Turbo Tax but I'm still not 100% confident if I'm doing this correct. 

 

DS is a dependent and so we claim him and his education expenses on our taxes even though he files his income on his own return.  DS's employer reimbursed a portion of his education costs last year.  The amount they did is shown on his W-2 form.  So I put the amount they reimbursed on our tax form since I think that has to go with the education expenses so we are not claiming more than what the total outlay was.  But then his income goes on his own return.  Logically that makes the most sense to me but I've never had to use a single tax document on 2 separate returns before and wondering if I'm doing it wrong somehow.

 

Anyone know?

 

(As an FYI I've always done our own taxes so I have no professional to run this past)

[BlsdMama]

I am potentially the least qualified person to answer this.  However, as I was seeking an answer for something else, I came across this and thought maybe this is what you are asking:

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2943482

 

Beware, I am not even the person in our household who does ANY of the taxes.  ;)