February 11, 2005

Government Weighs Taxing Tuition Perks at Colleges

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Plan would hit employees; deductions and credits for students also affected

College employees would be required to pay federal taxes on the tuition benefits they receive, and two popular Clinton-era federal tuition-tax credits would be combined into one, under recommendations made by a Congressional panel.

The recommendations were part of a 430-page report by the Joint Committee on Taxation, which performed a broad review of the federal tax code to find ways to generate more

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