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Graduate students may have to pay more taxes following the passage of a House Republican tax bill last week that includes tuition waivers as taxable income. Student leaders said they plan to lobby congressional officials against the Senate version of the bill. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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GSA leaders oppose new tax bill, claim it will harm graduate students

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Graduate student leaders are lobbying against a federal tax bill they say would discourage students from pursuing doctoral degrees. A Republican bill passed by the House of Representatives last week treats graduate students’ waived tuition as taxable income, so graduate students will have to pay taxes on income they do not actually earn.

https://dailybruin.com/2017/11/21/gsa-leaders-oppose-tax-bill-claim-it-will-harm-graduate-students/

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GSA leaders oppose new tax bill, claim it will harm graduate students

By Deanna Necula

Nov. 21, 2017 9:50 p.m.