HR 5396 115th Congress House Taxation Higher education Income tax exclusion Student aid and college costs

GAP Act

Introduced: March 22, 2018 See on congress.gov

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Mar 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Mar 22, 2018

Introduced in House

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Graduate Assistants Parity Act or the GAP Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all graduate students who are employees of educational organizations to exclude tuition reductions from gross income. (Under current law, the exclusion for graduate students is limited to teaching and research assistants.)

What's happening now March 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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