Discussion:Private School Teachers' Pretax Tuition Deductions
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| {{ForumNewPost|UserID=Sfbcpa|Date=4 November 2009|Text=I just got a new client that operates a private elementary school. They have been deducting tuition and childcare from their teachers' pay as a pretax item. They do not have a cafeteria plan established. I cannot find any IRS literature that supports this being deducted from their gross pay. Am I missing something? I know that if the teachers' children received reduced tuition prices that is non-taxable, but I don't see a deduction allowed from their wages for tuition deducted.}} | {{ForumNewPost|UserID=Sfbcpa|Date=4 November 2009|Text=I just got a new client that operates a private elementary school. They have been deducting tuition and childcare from their teachers' pay as a pretax item. They do not have a cafeteria plan established. I cannot find any IRS literature that supports this being deducted from their gross pay. Am I missing something? I know that if the teachers' children received reduced tuition prices that is non-taxable, but I don't see a deduction allowed from their wages for tuition deducted.}} | ||
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| 4 November 2009 | |
| I just got a new client that operates a private elementary school. They have been deducting tuition and childcare from their teachers' pay as a pretax item. They do not have a cafeteria plan established. I cannot find any IRS literature that supports this being deducted from their gross pay. Am I missing something? I know that if the teachers' children received reduced tuition prices that is non-taxable, but I don't see a deduction allowed from their wages for tuition deducted. | |
| November 5, 2009 | |
| The tuition is a personal expense that is not a pre-tax item. If a cafeteria plan were set up, the childcare would be pre-taxable. | |
