<div>Thank you all so much for your responses -- they have all been very helpful to me! </div>
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<div>It sounds like most of you already have your practices in place, but in case anyone was curious: basically what I've found is that anything over $5,250 is considered taxable unless it can be categorized as a Working Condition Benefit. For it to be a Working Condition, it must maintain or imporve skills for the job and it must meet the same requirements that would apply for determining whether the employee could deduct the expense had they paid it themself.<br>
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<div>Thanks!<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><strong>Sara Sarensen<br></strong></font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Business Manager<br>Lake County ESD<br>(541) 947-3371</font><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Sara Sarensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ssarensen@lakeesd.k12.or.us">ssarensen@lakeesd.k12.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>Thank you!<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><strong>Sara Sarensen<br></strong></font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Business Manager<br>Lake County ESD<br><a href="tel:%28541%29%20947-3371" target="_blank" value="+15419473371">(541) 947-3371</a></font><br>
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