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From: ylee@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: Research Assistant taxes
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 03:18:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 03:18:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!ylee    Mar 14 02:18:00 1986


It's not true that you don't need to pay tax if you are a RA working under a
grant from a federal organization.

A graduate assistant doesn't need to pay tax on his/her salary only when the
work on which the salary is paid is for the degree (i.e., the work  is  part
of  the  requirments  for  the  degree).    Therefore,  if  the  RA  duty is
thesis-related research, then the RA's salary is  tax-free.    Likewise,  if
teaching  is  part  of  the  requirements  for  a degree, then a TA can have
tax-free pay too.