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With the cost of college tuition and textbooks on the rise, legislators are proposing sales tax breaks on textbooks in hopes of providing financial relief to students. According to the Maryland Higher ...

A bill has been introduced to the California State Assembly to help counterbalance the rising cost of college tuition by making the purchase of textbooks exempt from state sales tax. “(That) study ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In an effort reduce the cost of college, state Rep. Robert Kosowski (D–Westland) introduced a bill ...

The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy.

Boston University students may be overpaying for their textbooks due to an unacknowledged fact that in Massachusetts, books required for college courses are tax-exempt. In order to raise awareness of ...

ALBANY — The state Department of Taxation and Finance reminds students that they get a tax break when they buy required or recommended college textbooks for their courses. The textbooks can be ...

“There’s a lot of kids showing up in here.” State Representative Marc Snyder was surprised to see fifty Colorado State University students flood into a Colorado Capitol chamber on February 8, but the ...

The tax credit, offered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, allows students to receive refunds on $2,000 worth of tuition and course materials — including textbooks, and other ...

Private booksellers and lawmakers are pushing legislation that would eliminate sales tax from all required instructional materials at Iowa’s postsecondary institutions. At the University of Iowa, ...