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Taxing graduate student teaching assistants

Posted on: November 16, 2017 at 10:46:22 CT

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Article states that the GOP tax plan would count tuition reductions for graduate students that serve as instructors as wage income. They do get a 12K standard deduction (with no personal exemption). The author is a grad instructor who makes $15 K now and says she receives a $20 K tuition reduction so her taxable income would be 23K. Making her pay taxes on 23K seems problematic to me.

https://www.juancole.com/2017/11/trumpgop-science-students.html

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Taxing graduate student teaching assistants - Knucklehead MU - 11/16 10:46:22

Why? Employer tuition assistance is taxable - Spanky KU - 11/16 10:54:29

Because it is bad public policy - Knucklehead MU - 11/16 11:17:38

Please explain how it’s different from taxing employer - Spanky KU - 11/16 11:34:04

Less direct impact on tuition costs for others - Knucklehead MU - 11/16 11:52:48

Agreed(nm) - tcat UMKC - 11/16 10:55:41

Eliminate taxation (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/16 10:49:08

Making anyone pay any amount in taxes is problematic. - ummmm MU - 11/16 10:48:56

Is there tax on income of $23,000? nm - hokie VT - 11/16 10:47:43

That is taxible income, not Adjusted Gross Income - Knucklehead MU - 11/16 10:52:00