Can fees be tax deductions?

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<p>The IRS publication for education tax benefits is IRS970</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf[/url]”>http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are various tax benefits for qualified education expenses. The definition of a qualified education expense varies according to each benefit. For instance room and board is a qualified expense for 529 account withdrawals but not for Hope tax credit, lifetime learning etc. </p>

<p>College applications, and SAT testing and prep etc are not qualified education expenses for any of the education tax benefits.</p>