<prompt> Human: Hey all. Sorry if I explain this poorly but here it goes:I am working my first job out of college and this is my first year claiming myself on my tax return.My university bills tuition a year in advance. This year, the only thing on my 1098-t is box 4 adjustments for previous year which is about 6k and my scholarships. The reason there are adjustments is due to me dropping below full-time in my senior year still at least half-time in order to save on tuition since I didnt need a full course load. Boxes 1 and 2 on this form are 0. Turbotax shows my return prior to entering my 1098-t as around 2,500. Once I enter this info from the 1098, my return drops to 450 or so. I know it is adjusting for my parents getting a larger deduction last year on their return than I actually ended up paying for tuition, but is there any way for me to offset this? They claimed me on their taxes while I was still in school.My plan right now is to take all of my forms to something like HR Block to see if they can help me out, but I figured Id ask here before I shelled out the 100 or so it costs for someone to prepare my taxes for me.  <response>: If your scholarships are greater than the billed tuition which often happens because the tuition bill for the spring semester typically comes in december and is therefore on the previous years taxes then that excess scholarshipgrant money is taxed as income. That could be what is increasing the amount of tax you owe. 