@slrg411 - @Hal_Al is certainly the expert and he'll give a great answer.
remember how this works - and it does confuse a lot of people but for your daughter it is fairly simple:
- your daughter's scholarships are all taxable income to her HOWEVER and this is a BIG HOWEVER
- that income is reduced dollar-for-dollar by the Qualified Educational Expenses (which exceeds the $8,000 in this case)
given that, why do you think your daughter has to file a tax return?
