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Following up, making sure you are able to enter her taxable scholarship income. See Where do I enter scholarship income?

 

Children's unearned income can be taxed at the parent's rate. Earned income is taxed at their rate. The laws changed between 2019 and 2020. There is a lookback available that may be helpful. The final version is not yet released, see 2020 Publication 929 - Internal Revenue Service:

Dec 8, 2020 — Part 1 of this publication explains the filing requirements and other tax information for individuals who can be claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return. Part 2 explains how to report and figure the tax on un- earned income of certain children (whether or not they can be claimed as dependents).

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