The provision in H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that would allow
graduate tuition waivers to be considered taxable income would significantly harm graduate students financially, slow the pace of American science and threaten our role as the global leader in research.
Rush Holt, the chief executive officer of AAAS, thanked each of the House members, representing both parties, for signing letters to their respective leadership, urging them to resist efforts that would limit access to higher education by eliminating
graduate tuition waivers.
«We too strongly oppose the repeal of the income exclusion for
graduate tuition waivers,» wrote Holt in letters to the lawmakers.
Katko was among about 30 Republican House members who signed a letter Thursday to House and Senate GOP leaders asking them to keep the income exclusion for
graduate tuition waivers.
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Graduate Tuition Waiver
Not exact matches
It retains the historic tax credit, which was used to restore the Hotel Syracuse, it no longer taxes the
tuition waivers that some
graduate students use to pay for school and it allows taxpayers some flexibility on whether they want to deduct their state income, sales or property taxes - capped at $ 10,000.
The proposal would treat
tuition waivers for
graduate students who work as research or teaching assistants as taxable income.
Under the GOP plan,
tuition waivers for
graduate students who work as research or teaching assistants would be considered taxable income.
The elimination of
graduate student
tuition waivers was included in the House's original tax bill, for example.
In addition, I became heavily involved in the campaign to defeat the 1997 tax bill that would have taxed
graduate student
tuition waivers.
The campaign by science advocates included plenty of backroom maneuvering and some very public drama, including the Capitol Hill arrests of science
graduate students who demonstrated against a plan to tax
tuition waivers.
The Senate bill, which passed in early December, did not include many of the most concerning provisions, and the final bill, agreed to by House and Senate Republicans and now nearing a vote, preserves the tax - exempt status of
graduate student
tuition waivers and does away with the House bill's most serious impacts on higher education.
It's better for college students When it comes to student loan interest deduction and
tuition waivers, the Senate tax legislation is a better deal for college students and college
graduates than the House version.
The House version also taxes
tuition waivers — which allow many
graduate students to attend school
tuition - free — as income, raising the ire of students who said such a levy would make their education unaffordable.
For a bill that the G.O.P. is trying to market as a «boon» to the middle class, the House bill does not just tax
graduate student
tuition waivers, but also it takes aim at
tuition benefits for higher education employees and their children.
The highest profile item is the plan in the House bill to tax
graduate student
tuition waivers as income, effectively making the young people who are helping the nation move forward with critical research pay taxes on «incomes» that are tens of thousands of dollars higher than they actually get paid.
Also left in place are deductions of up to $ 2,500 for student loans (depending on personal income) as well as
tuition waivers for
graduate students, the removal of either which could be devastating for students who seek higher education.
Certain Items Remain Safe — Medical expense deduction — Student loan interest — Tax - free
graduate school
tuition waivers
Research assistantships usually provide the
graduate student with a
waiver of all or part of
tuition, plus a small stipend for living expenses.
Teaching assistantships usually provide the
graduate student with a
waiver of all or part of
tuition, plus a small stipend for living expenses.
Additionally, about 145,000
graduate students would have been impacted by suddenly taxing the value of their
tuition waivers, according to the American Council on Education.
However, in the wake of
graduate student protests, 31 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to party leaders asking them to leave
tuition waivers alone.
Originally, versions of the bill included an end to the student loan tax deduction, as well as a provision in the legislation calling for taxing
graduate student
tuition waivers.
-- All MFA students receive full
tuition waivers and monthly stipends as part of assistantships and numerous MA / MAEd research assistantships are granted with equal benefits —
Graduate assistantships are available for students in the MFA Studio programs, MA in Art History, and MAEd programs.
Stuart: While there was talk of things like eliminating the deduction for student loan interest and eliminating the exclusion from tax for
graduate student
tuition waivers, those provisions were not changed.