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AAU joined 15 other associations in urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in end-of-the year tax legislation.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersCollected 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 over 100 organizations sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting that the Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair…
Reducing Regulatory Burden | Higher Education Regulation | LettersAAU and others sent a letter to Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, at the Department of Labor, requesting that the Department hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the…
Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | 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 | LettersStatement regarding the DATA Act establishing a Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board that collects and reviews financial reports from federally funded entities, directly or through a sub-grant or sub-contract.
Research Administration & Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Fact SheetsWe advocate for an examination and evaluation of the current relationship between research institutions and the federal government to strengthen and/or repair them to ensure increased productivity.
Immigration | Reducing Regulatory Burden | RecommendationPolicies and regulations related to human subjects protection are among the most frequently cited causes of the increased burden and cost associated with research.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | Reducing Regulatory Burden | Letters