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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’ve paid tuition as a reimbursed expense … required for work … not a taxable thing … your auditors should have caught that if it was supposed to be taxed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#943634'> ~Stacie<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> busmgrs-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:busmgrs-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sara Sarensen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> busmgrs@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Busmgrs] Tuition Reimbursements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Our ESD paid out a large amount of tuition to an employee. At the time, we just paid it like a regular reimbursement, but now it has come to my attention that it may be considered taxable income.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can any of you share with me how you treat your tuition reimbursements, or how you administer tuition reimbursement programs, especially in terms of if it is treated as income or not?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you!<br clear=all><br>-- <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sara Sarensen</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Business Manager<br>Lake County ESD<br>(541) 947-3371</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>