You will receive a Form 1099-Q Payments From Qualified Education Programs (Under Sections 529 and 530) from each of the state programs from which you received a Qualified Tuition Program (QTP) distribution in the tax year. The amount of your gross distribution (Box 1) shown on each form will be divided between your earnings (Box 2) and your basis or return of investment (Box 3). The part of a distribution representing the amount paid or contributed to a QTP does not have to be included in income. This is a return of the investment in the plan. The designated beneficiary generally does not have to include in income any earnings distributed from a QTP if the total distribution is less than or equal to adjusted qualified education expenses.

To report Form 1099-Q in the TaxAct program:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click Federal (on smaller devices, click in the top left corner of your screen, then click Federal).
2. Click the Education dropdown, then click Education program payments (Form 1099-Q).
3. Click + Add Form 1099-Q to create a new copy of the form or click Edit to edit a form already created (desktop program: click Review instead of Edit).
4. Continue with the interview process to enter your information.

Related Links

• Instructions for Form 1099-Q
• Publication 970

Note that any link in the information above is updated each year automatically and will take you to the most recent version of the webpage or document at the time it is accessed.