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2020 T4A scholarship income associated with 2019 T2022 Tuition amount -- how to enter/claim it?

I’m not sure how I should declare “scholarship” income reported on a T4A. It’s from Quebec, where I have student loans from being a full-time student in 2019. In 2020, their student financial aid agency converted a portion of my 2019 loan to a scholarship, which is reported on a 2020 T4A. I finished my degree in December 2019 so I don’t have a T2022 (tuition & enrolment certificate) from 2020 to associate with the 2020 T4A.

 

The CRA website says:
“To claim a scholarship exemption, you must be enrolled in an educational program in which you are a qualifying student in 2019, 2020 or 2021.”
So I am a qualifying student because I went to school in 2019, but I’m having trouble inputting this fact in TurboTax. In TurboTax, I need to have a T2022 that matches the T4A…which I don’t have. I’ve tried inputting my 2019 T2022 but then it thinks I’m not entitled to the Working Income Tax Benefit because it thinks it’s for 2020.

 

Is there a workaround? How and where should I enter the information on this T4A?

 

Also…it seems that scholarships are taxable in Quebec, but I’m in Ontario now and was for all of 2020—does that impact my situation?

Troubleshooting

Hello, I am having the same dilemma in 2021, I was wondering how you solved this?