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Hi

I am am a international graduate student on F1. Last year, I was on grad. Research assistantship where my advisor used to pay my stipend and tuition.

Suddenly I received an email that you have to pay taxes for your tuition and this happened thrice last year, spring, summer and fall 2010. If that tuition was not reimbursed to me, it was paid by my advisor on my behalf to the university, why should they ask me to pay taxes on it. It seemed a bit illogical since this did not happen in any other department apart from mine. Half of the tuition was waived and half was paid by the advisor directly to the university. But I guess I was taxed only on the amount paid (something like 500 for 4600)

Am I eligible for some kind of refund? Do I need to file some kind of form to get my taxes paid on tuition back.

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

You have received compensation in kind, and that compensation is taxable income.

The amounts being paid would help!

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They gave me the 1098-T with my tuition expenses to be around 8k. Would it help? Should I adjust that in my income while filing 1040NR? Or that is useless? Can I file 1040

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

The Form 1098-T is worthless to you, because you are NOT eligible for the tuition deduction or credit.

You need to file Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ plus Form 8843.

If you need professional tax help with this, email me at [email protected].