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		ineedasername on Nov 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GOP tax bill would tax tuition waivers for grad st... So they get a waiver for $40k in tuition, get taxed at 15% for a $6,000 hit. Maybe make $10k in actual money from a job, if they work at all, for a total tax burden of $7500 against a tangible income of $10k. Lovely.

jfnixon on Nov 4, 2017 [–]

Put the universities on the hook for that $6K. Universities make a killing off grad student labor. Make the university pay the piper.

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