Technology Expenses Make the Grade for Qualified Tuition Programs
IRS Special Edition Tax Tip 2009-06
Taxpayers who purchase computer technology for higher education purposes may be eligible for a special tax break. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 added computer equipment and technology to the list of college expenses that can be paid for by a qualified tuition program, commonly referred to as a 529 plan.
A qualified, nontaxable distribution from a 529 plan during 2009 or 2010 now includes the cost of the purchase of any computer technology, equipment or Internet access and related services. To qualify the beneficiary must use the technology, equipment or services while enrolled at an eligible educational institution.
Here are some things the IRS wants you to know about 529 plans.
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A 529 plan is an educational savings plan designed to provide tax-free earnings for the benefit of a student. Withdrawals must be used for qualified higher education expenses at an eligible educational institution.
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Qualified higher education expenses include tuition, reasonable costs of room and board, mandatory fees, computer technology, supplies and books.
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An eligible educational institution includes any college, university, vocational school or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education.
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Contributions to a 529 plan cannot be more than the amount necessary to provide for a student’s qualified education expenses.
For more information about 529 plans, see IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education. For more information on other key tax provisions of the Recovery Act, visit the official IRS Website at IRS.gov/Recovery.
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Felt the need to comment about the above posting, the IRS and the Internal Revenue Service are the same agency and that agency is a collections service for the Treasury Dept. The federal reserve is actually a partialy public-partially private federal bank. All tax funds distributed for the purposes of education, military etc are disbursed by the federal treasury to individual departments such as the Dept. of Education, the Department of the Army and the beat goes on. Those funds then make there way down the line to federally funded programs at the national and state levels.
So in the instance of the bank bailout federal funds were provided by the treasury to the federal reserve to bailout the banks. Think of the federal reserve as a quasi independent investment arm of the Federal Government. All profits from the federal reserve are sent to the treasury.