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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for interest on education loans, to extend and expand the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, and eliminate the limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts.

USA116th CongressS-1425| Senate 
| Updated: 5/13/2019
Rand Paul

Rand Paul

Republican Senator

Kentucky

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill expands several tax deductions for education expenses. Specifically, the bill includes provisions that (1) allow an unlimited tax deduction for student loan interest, (2) repeal the dollar limitation on the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and make such deduction permanent, (3) allow carryovers to succeeding taxable years of amounts of the deductions for student loan interest and qualified tuition and related expenses that exceed a taxpayer's taxable income, and (4) repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
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May 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • May 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

Higher educationIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for interest on education loans, to extend and expand the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses, and eliminate the limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts.

USA116th CongressS-1425| Senate 
| Updated: 5/13/2019
This bill expands several tax deductions for education expenses. Specifically, the bill includes provisions that (1) allow an unlimited tax deduction for student loan interest, (2) repeal the dollar limitation on the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and make such deduction permanent, (3) allow carryovers to succeeding taxable years of amounts of the deductions for student loan interest and qualified tuition and related expenses that exceed a taxpayer's taxable income, and (4) repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
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Timeline
May 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • May 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rand Paul

Rand Paul

Republican Senator

Kentucky

Finance Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Higher educationIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs