S. 1120 · 111th Congress

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform the definitions of qualifying expenses for purposes of education tax benefits.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2009-05-21
Latest action
2009-05-21 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a uniform definition of higher education expenses for purposes of provisions allowing for: (1) penalty-free distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for education expenses; (2) tax exclusions for the value of college scholarships and for income from U.S. savings bonds used to pay education expenses; (3) the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses; and (4) qualified tuition programs.