Tax Benefits For College Attendance
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Tax Benefits For College Attendance
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
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Student Aid And Tax Benefits Better Research And Guidance Will Facilitate Comparison Of Effectiveness And Student Use
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Author : Cornelia M. Ashby
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Student Aid And Tax Benefits Better Research And Guidance Will Facilitate Comparison Of Effectiveness And Student Use written by Cornelia M. Ashby and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
To assist Congress as it prepares for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, a study was undertaken of Title IV aid programs and higher education tax provisions designed to assist students and families. Focusing on the HOPE and Lifetime Learning tax credits. Data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study and other databases were used. In the 1999-2000 academic year, it is estimated that the Lifetime Learning and HOPE tax credits provided more than 4 in 10 undergraduate students with benefits that equaled a varying share of tuition and fees charged and Title IV aid received. Some students families had incomes too high to use the credits; others had tax liabilities too low to use the credits or to use the credits to the maximum. Among all dependent students who received the HOPE credit, it equaled, on average, about 20% of the tuition and fees, and for independent students, the HOPE credit equaled about 30% of tuition and fees. Taken together, Title IV student aid and higher education tax credits now assist more than 70% of undergraduate students and families in paying for postsecondary education. Five appendixes contain details about methodology and research, comments from government agencies, and a list of contacts and staff at the General Accounting Office. (Contains 14 tables, 13 figures, and 19 references.) (SLD).
The Hope And Lifetime Learning Tax Credits And Probability Of College Attendance
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Federal Education Tax Benefits Who Receives Them And To What Extent Do They Shape The Price Of College Attendance
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Author : Alexandria Walton Radford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Federal Education Tax Benefits Who Receives Them And To What Extent Do They Shape The Price Of College Attendance written by Alexandria Walton Radford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
This Statistics in Brief applies IRS rules and data to a nationally representative sample of 2007-08 undergraduates to estimate who received education tax benefits and looks at the extent to which these benefits shaped their price of college attendance. Key findings include: (1) Nearly one-half of all 2007-08 undergraduates were estimated to have received an education tax benefit, reducing recipients' average college expenses for the academic year by about $700; (2) Low-middle-income and high-middle-income dependent undergraduates were estimated to have received tax benefits at higher rates than were low-income and high-income dependent undergraduates. The most common reason low-income dependent students did not receive a tax benefit was that they had no net tuition after subtracting the grant aid and veterans benefits they received. (3) Low-middle- and high-middle income dependent undergraduate tax benefit recipients received higher average amounts in tax benefits than low-income and high-income dependent undergraduate tax benefit recipients. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables, and 32 notes.).
The American Opportunity Tax Credit
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Author : Margot Crandall-Hollick
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2012-07-28
The American Opportunity Tax Credit written by Margot Crandall-Hollick and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-28 with Political Science categories.
The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)-enacted on a temporary basis by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA; P.L. 111-5) and extended through the end of 2012 by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-312)-is a partially refundable tax credit that provides financial assistance to taxpayers who are attending college, or whose children are attending college. The credit, worth up to $2,500 per student, can be claimed for a student's first four years of post-secondary education. In addition, 40% of the credit (up to $1,000) can be received as a refund by taxpayers with little or no tax liability. The credit phases out for taxpayers with income between $80,000 and $90,000 ($160,000 and $180,000 for married couples filing jointly) and is hence unavailable to taxpayers with income above $90,000 ($180,000 for married couples filing jointly). There are a variety of other eligibility requirements associated with the AOTC, including the type of degree the student is pursuing, the number of courses the student is taking, and the type of expenses which qualify. Prior to the enactment of the AOTC, there were two permanent education tax credits, the Hope Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit. The AOTC temporarily replaced the Hope Credit from 2009 through the end of 2012 (the Lifetime Learning Credit remains unchanged). A comparison of these two credits indicates that the AOTC is both larger-on a per capita and aggregate basis-and more widely available in comparison to the Hope Credit. Data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicates that enactment of the AOTC contributed to a more than doubling of the amount of education credits claimed by taxpayers. Education tax credits were intended to provide federal financial assistance to students from middle-income families, who may not benefit from other forms of traditional student aid, like Pell Grants. The enactment of the AOTC reflected a desire to continue to provide substantial financial assistance to students from middle-income families, while also expanding the credit to certain lower- and upper-income students. A distributional analysis of the AOTC highlights that this benefit is targeted to the middle class, with more than half (53%) of the estimated $16 billion of AOTCs in 2009 going to taxpayers with income between $30,000 and $100,000. One of the primary goals of education tax credits, including the AOTC, is to increase college attendance. Studies analyzing the impact education tax incentives have had on college attendance are mixed. Recent research that has focused broadly on education tax incentives that lower tuition costs and have been in effect for several years, including the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits, found that while these credits did increase attendance by approximately 7%, 93% of recipients of these benefits would have attended college in their absence. Even though the AOTC differs from the Hope Credit in key ways, there are a variety of factors that suggest this provision may also have a limited impact on increasing college attendance. In addition, a recent report from the Treasury Department's Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) identified several compliance issues with the AOTC. There are a variety of policy options Congress may consider regarding the AOTC, including extending the credit, extending a modified AOTC, or repealing the Hope and Lifetime Credits and extending a modified AOTC that includes provisions included in these credits. Alternatively, Congress may want to examine alternative ways to reduce the cost of higher education.
The Economics Of Tax Policy
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Author : Alan J. Auerbach
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Economics Of Tax Policy written by Alan J. Auerbach and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Business & Economics categories.
"Debates about the optimal structure for tax policies and tax rates hardly cease among public, policy, or academic audiences. These have only grown more heated in the United States as the gap between incomes of the wealthiest 1 percent and the rest of the population continue to diverge. Tax research perhaps has not fully kept pace with the relentless demand of various interests to adjust tax policy. Nonetheless, specialists in the economics of tax policy in recent years have profited from advances in economic theory, econometric measurements, and data quality and access that are beginning to allow a greater consensus on what are the real effects of tax policy and how government levies affect individuals and businesses. The volume edited by Professors Auerbach and Smetters represents an attempt to reduce the lag between the conduct of research on tax issues and its transmission to a broader public. The contributions would explore highly topical issues such as the effects of income tax changes on economic growth, the potential effects of capping certain tax expenditures, the economics of adjusted business tax policy, and environmental tax options. Other essays would investigate perennially important themes such as the conduct of tax administration, the growing role of the tax system on education policy, tax policy toward low-income families, capital gains and estate taxation, and tax policy for retirement savings. A final paper would examine three different options for fundamental tax reform"--
Broken Tax Breaks Evidence From A Tax Credit Information Experiment With 1 000 000 Students
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Author : Peter Bergman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Broken Tax Breaks Evidence From A Tax Credit Information Experiment With 1 000 000 Students written by Peter Bergman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
There is increasing evidence that tax credits for college do not affect college enrollment. This may be because prospective students do not know about tax benefits for credits or because the design of tax credits is not conducive to affecting educational outcomes. We focus on changing the salience of tax benefits by providing information about tax benefits for college using a sample of over 1 million students or prospective students in Texas. We sent emails and letters to students that described tax benefits for college and tracked college outcomes. For all three of our samples - rising high school seniors, already enrolled students, and students who had previously applied to college but were not currently enrolled - information about tax benefits for college did not affect enrollment or reenrollment. We test whether effects vary according to information frames and found that no treatment arms changed student outcomes. We conclude that salience is not the primary reason that tax credits for college do not affect enrollment.
Tuition Tax Credits
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Author : James S. Catterall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Tuition Tax Credits written by James S. Catterall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Education categories.
Higher Education Tax Credits
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Author : Linda W. Cooke
language : en
Publisher: Nova Novinka
Release Date : 2006
Higher Education Tax Credits written by Linda W. Cooke and has been published by Nova Novinka this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Education tax credits were introduced as a new subsidy for higher education in 1997 and have cost, on average, $4.6 billion a year in lost tax revenue since their enactment. The introduction of the Hope Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit marked a dramatic increase in education spending through tax expenditures. Prior to 1997, tax incentives for higher education expenses totalled less than $2 billion in estimated lost revenue. The education tax credit program expanded the number of federal agencies involved in education policy making and increased the complexity and cost of administering the income tax system. This book provides analysis of the education tax credit program in the context of issues facing Congress in regard to higher education. This report begins with a review of the economic rationale for subsidising education, then describes federal subsidies for education in general and the education tax credits in particular. An analysis of the education credits follows and the report concludes with a discussion of education tax credit policy options. The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 established two permanent federal income tax credits, effective since tax year 1998, for qualified post secondary education expenses -- the Hope Scholarship credit and the Lifetime Learning credit. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 created a temporary higher education tax deduction beginning in 2002. The Hope credit was introduced to help ensure that students have access to the first two years of undergraduate education. The Lifetime Learning credit and tuition and fees deduction provide support for students in any year of undergraduate and graduate study; they are unique in that they are available to individuals taking occasional courses. Only one of the three tax benefits may be taken in the same tax year for the same eligible student's qualified expenses. Key features of the credits and deduction dictate who the provisions benefit and the value of assistance they confer. Among these are the non-refundable nature of the credits (i.e., persons must have income tax liabilities and the liabilities must exceed the maximum amount of the credits in order to claim their full value), the deduction's availability whether or not taxpayers take itemised deductions, and the statutory limits on benefit amounts and on taxpayers' income. Accordingly, middle-and upper middle-income individuals are the targeted beneficiaries of these tax incentives. All three benefits apply to the tuition and fees required for enrolment that are not offset by grant aid (e.g. qualified scholarships) and other tax benefits (e.g. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and Section 529 Plans). The Hope credit has had a maximum value of $1,500 per student since its inception; the Lifetime Learning credit, $2,000 per return since 2003.
An Analysis Of S 311 The College Tuition Tax Relief Act
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Author : Thomas M. Corwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
An Analysis Of S 311 The College Tuition Tax Relief Act written by Thomas M. Corwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with College costs categories.