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Why? Employer tuition assistance is taxable

Posted on: November 16, 2017 at 10:54:29 CT

Spanky KU

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M.O.B. Votes:

If your employer provides tuition assistance, it is taxable income to you (that is current law)

The University reduced the tuition in exchange for free/lower cost teaching in order to game the tax system. That loophole should be closed. Pay the Grad Student the appropriate amount for teaching and charge the going rate for tuition..

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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