topic My child does not work and it is telling me that she needs to file a tax return for Education Assistance Counts as Income does she need to file? in Education https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/my-child-does-not-work-and-it-is-telling-me-that-she-needs-to-file-a-tax-return-for-education/01/412253#M11009 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:39:25 GMT june-wilson 2019-06-04T20:39:25Z My child does not work and it is telling me that she needs to file a tax return for Education Assistance Counts as Income does she need to file? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/my-child-does-not-work-and-it-is-telling-me-that-she-needs-to-file-a-tax-return-for-education/01/412253#M11009 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:39:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/my-child-does-not-work-and-it-is-telling-me-that-she-needs-to-file-a-tax-return-for-education/01/412253#M11009 june-wilson 2019-06-04T20:39:25Z If your daughter received a 1098-T from her college or un... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/if-your-daughter-received-a-1098-t-from-her-college-or-un/01/412267#M11011 <P>If your daughter received a 1098-T from her college or university, and the amount of scholarship if any, in Box 5 is greater than the amount of qualified educational expenses either received, (Box 1) or billed, (Box 2) she will have to include that 1098-T on her tax return. &nbsp;The reason for this is that the IRS views the excess as taxable income.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:39:26 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/if-your-daughter-received-a-1098-t-from-her-college-or-un/01/412267#M11011 SeanE1 2019-06-04T20:39:26Z