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Collected tax-policy proposals from the higher education community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 | Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | MemoAAU joined NACUBO and six other associations on a letter to the Treasury Department to ensure that emergency grant aid for students included in the CARES Act is not treated as taxable income or traditional educational grant aid.
Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | COVID-19 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 13 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee expressing concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ recent 85-15 policy reset and changes in the requirements for a 35% exemption.
Higher Education Regulation | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersAAU joined 17 other higher education organizations on a letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee leaders to pass legislation to address issues in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the “kiddie,” parking, and endowment taxes, and to extend the above-the-line deduction for…
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | LettersAAU joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 18 other higher education organizations in endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (H.R. 3000), which “would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity…
Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Taxation & Finance | LettersAAU, along with other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) regarding their proposed third-party providers policy. The letter urges MSCHE to pause these efforts until the U.S. Department of Education finalizes their…
Higher Education Regulation | Accreditation & Accountability | LettersThe Federal Tax Code impacts colleges and universities' missions through provisions affecting aid to students; incentives for charitable giving; tax-exempt financing; UBIT; and the R&D tax credit.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Issue BriefThe following backgrounder is about Internal Revenue Code Section 222 where the qualified tuition and related higher education expenses deduction allows students or parents to deduct up to $4,000 in qualified higher education expenses from their taxable income.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Issue BriefThe following comments are on several tax provisions which are important to college students and their families.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Letters