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New bill caps PAYE forgiveness at $57.5K

Figured this was coming. http://www.slate.com/blogs/money...
Offensive turquoise mexican
  07/18/14
wait does this mean that student loans would be pre-tax now?...
Godawful theater stage indirect expression
  07/18/14
except wasn't the 10% calculated off your post tax earnings ...
carmine contagious queen of the night doctorate
  07/18/14
this seems to me to suggest that you get a tax deduction. t...
Godawful theater stage indirect expression
  07/18/14
no i think it works just like paye - off AGI. the difference...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
well that sucks. this moderate bro has not be swayed in vot...
Godawful theater stage indirect expression
  07/18/14
it's clearly a worse deal than current paye for the borrower...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
the boomers have really fucked are generation
Godawful theater stage indirect expression
  07/18/14
the boomers have fucked us for the last 25 years, but in 201...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
so it's not really capped, you just have to pay on it for te...
Gay den
  07/18/14
What
drunken ivory cuckoldry
  07/18/14
"It would forgive up to $57,500 worth of loans after 20...
carmine contagious queen of the night doctorate
  07/18/14
Oh bake me a treat :( mr scholarly sweet. But that might ...
drunken ivory cuckoldry
  07/18/14
no, it's not ultimately capped, which is a major flaw in thi...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
who would vote for this?
insecure voyeur school cafeteria
  07/18/14
Johnsmeyer needs to tweet Capitol Hill on this
Cerebral blue quadroon trailer park
  07/18/14
...
drunken ivory cuckoldry
  07/18/14
Just give me the bankruptcy option
drunken ivory cuckoldry
  07/18/14
does this stuff just change every other day? also, just lol ...
ungodly temple
  07/18/14
none of these bills will pass, but it means forgiveness will...
Twinkling Boiling Water Church
  07/18/14
but existing borrowers will be grandfathered in to existing ...
Mint university
  07/18/14
if tax reform has been any indicator - i wouldn't count on t...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
Can you give me an example of tax reforms that are analogous...
Frozen market deer antler
  07/18/14
many people relied to their detriment on certain pre-1986 ta...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
Can you give me a specific example? I dont doubt your right...
Frozen market deer antler
  07/18/14
1986 was a huge reform... off the top of my head, guys would...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
Thank you.
Frozen market deer antler
  07/18/14
If passed, currently indebted grads could choose to consolid...
rose hot sanctuary
  07/18/14
i think he means if paye get repealed (which this, if passed...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
The bill is designed to change how loans work going forward ...
rose hot sanctuary
  07/18/14
yeah i dont know, maybe, havent read the actual bill and won...
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
This one is bipartisan so it has more hoap...politically, th...
rose hot sanctuary
  07/18/14
yeah agreed
hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house
  07/18/14
Maybe. MPN notes have (or used to have) IBR written into the...
Aphrodisiac Fluffy Cruise Ship Rigpig
  07/18/14
:(
dashing hall
  07/18/14


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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:41 PM
Author: Offensive turquoise mexican

Figured this was coming.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/07/17/marco_rubio_and_mark_warner_student_loan_bill_great_legislation_but_does.html

All federal loan borrowers would be enrolled in an income-based program where they paid 10 percent of their earnings each month, with a $10,000 annual exemption. Meanwhile, the government would collect the money directly from workers’ paychecks, just like tax withholding. One potentially controversial part: It would forgive up to $57,500 worth of loans after 20 years, but anything above that amount wouldn’t be forgiven for 30 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960123)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:46 PM
Author: Godawful theater stage indirect expression

wait does this mean that student loans would be pre-tax now?

if so it's about god damn time.

boomers bought houses they couldn't afford but got tax deductions and were able to escape the crushing debt when the bubble burst. millenials took out student loans and get neither of these benefits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960144)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:58 PM
Author: carmine contagious queen of the night doctorate

except wasn't the 10% calculated off your post tax earnings before? Seems like this will be more of a hit then a benefit if now the 10% is calculated off pre-tax earnings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960210)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:16 PM
Author: Godawful theater stage indirect expression

this seems to me to suggest that you get a tax deduction. there is currently no tax deduction for student loans unless you make something under 70k (someone confirm?).

ive never personally qualified for the benefit so i have no idea.

but if the money is pre-tax deduction, then that means your tax basis is lowered. which means it will work like a 401k contribution. that'd be a serious benefit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960308)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:42 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

no i think it works just like paye - off AGI. the difference is that paye is 10% of AGI - 150% * poverty guideline (which gets adjusted) and this is 10% of AGI - $10,000 (adjusted by CPI each year). the up to $2500 student loan interest deduction for MAGI under $75000 single is separate and I dont think this bill addresses it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960430)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:49 PM
Author: Godawful theater stage indirect expression

well that sucks. this moderate bro has not be swayed in vote.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960478)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:52 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

it's clearly a worse deal than current paye for the borrower, but it's a better deal than ibr, and i think paye will be repealed or severely limited (in amount of forgiveness) eventually. locking up bipartisan support for this now might be a safer bet planning-wise than relying on paye to last 20 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960489)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:56 PM
Author: Godawful theater stage indirect expression

the boomers have really fucked are generation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960523)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:58 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

the boomers have fucked us for the last 25 years, but in 2012 we had a chance to phase out medicare and get rid of obamacare but house millennials decided to help fuck themselves

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960536)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:43 PM
Author: Gay den

so it's not really capped, you just have to pay on it for ten more years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960130)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:46 PM
Author: drunken ivory cuckoldry

What

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960145)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:57 PM
Author: carmine contagious queen of the night doctorate

"It would forgive up to $57,500 worth of loans after 20 years, but anything above that amount wouldn’t be forgiven for 30 years."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960199)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:02 PM
Author: drunken ivory cuckoldry

Oh bake me a treat :( mr scholarly sweet.

But that might not be retroactive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960223)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:38 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

no, it's not ultimately capped, which is a major flaw in this proposal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960407)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 6:49 PM
Author: insecure voyeur school cafeteria

who would vote for this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960154)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:02 PM
Author: Cerebral blue quadroon trailer park

Johnsmeyer needs to tweet Capitol Hill on this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960224)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:03 PM
Author: drunken ivory cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960227)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:02 PM
Author: drunken ivory cuckoldry

Just give me the bankruptcy option

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960226)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:40 PM
Author: ungodly temple

does this stuff just change every other day? also, just lol at anyone who tries to plan around this shit and counts on actually satisfying the time limits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960418)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:46 PM
Author: Twinkling Boiling Water Church

none of these bills will pass, but it means forgiveness will eventually be eliminated at some point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960457)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:53 PM
Author: Mint university

but existing borrowers will be grandfathered in to existing plans, right? because if not that's bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960495)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 7:55 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

if tax reform has been any indicator - i wouldn't count on that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960513)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:02 PM
Author: Frozen market deer antler

Can you give me an example of tax reforms that are analogous?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960557)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:04 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

many people relied to their detriment on certain pre-1986 tax planning regimes and weren't grandfathered in post 1986.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960569)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:05 PM
Author: Frozen market deer antler

Can you give me a specific example? I dont doubt your right I'm just curious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960577)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:13 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

1986 was a huge reform... off the top of my head, guys would set up limited partnerships and make a capital contribution as an LP. the limited partnership could hold an asset like real estate that generates passive income and take losses on it, and each LP would take a loss proportionate to their ownership in the limited partnership that would ultimately exceed their own contribution and could be used to offset active income. Having this perfectly legal shelter would then inform their non-tax related business decisions, contracts they entered into, etc. and all that became severely restricted in '86 with at risk and PAL rules.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960622)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:24 PM
Author: Frozen market deer antler

Thank you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960669)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:18 PM
Author: rose hot sanctuary

If passed, currently indebted grads could choose to consolidate into the new system or stay under the old one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960635)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:20 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

i think he means if paye get repealed (which this, if passed, will likely replace along with ibr), do they get the 2014 paye plans theyre on now. I suspect the bill will allow people opt-out for standard non-income based repayment plans but if going the income based route, this will be the only game in town.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960644)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:23 PM
Author: rose hot sanctuary

The bill is designed to change how loans work going forward (it also does stuff like merge the three loan types into a single one), so I'm almost certain existing loans have the OPTION at least to stay on their current plan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960660)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:24 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

yeah i dont know, maybe, havent read the actual bill and wont until it actually goes somewhere. these things are dime a dozen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960667)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:25 PM
Author: rose hot sanctuary

This one is bipartisan so it has more hoap...politically, though, most Dems would rather use student loans as a weapon against Republicans and pass a more purely Democratic plan later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960671)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:27 PM
Author: hyperventilating jade step-uncle's house

yeah agreed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960677)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 9:14 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Fluffy Cruise Ship Rigpig

Maybe. MPN notes have (or used to have) IBR written into the contract. I believe before you sign up for PAYE you must also "sign" another contract.

Things are more complicated because some of the contracts are between the debtor and the federal government (loan agreement) and some between the debtor and the student loan servicer (repayment contract). That said the fed. gov. has waived immunity re: contract claims in the Tucker Act but I'm not entirely sure how and if it applies to student loan contracts. I also imagine the government may have separate contracts with the servicers that are not known to the public that would be at issue should they try to shirk on PAYE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960859)



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Date: July 18th, 2014 8:20 PM
Author: dashing hall

:(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2622517&forum_id=2#25960648)