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Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by TheCondor on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:38AM (#13436076)
I'm an advocate for simplifying and flattening the tax code, but with what we've got would it make sense for some sort tax insensitives? Like funds to repay student loans could be tax free like 401k contributions or maybe employers could get a tax break for helping to repay the loans. Gosh, assuming this stuff doesn't already exist.
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Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by theandrewbailey on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:52AM (#13436201)
Interest on student loans is tax deductible. Can't say the same for the loan principal.

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc456.html

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Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by overcast on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:29AM (#13436494)
Tax deductible, until a certain tax bracket. There definitely became a point where I no longer received deductions.
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