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Scholarships in excess of tuition are taxable income. 

Although you claim your daughter as a dependent and rightly claim her education expenses, if the scholarships reported in box 5 of form 1098-T are greater than the amount of tuition reported in box 1, your daughter has to report the excess as Other income on her own tax return.

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