Return-Path: Received: from ARES.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26481; 24 Feb 95 13:44:28 EST Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 13:27-EST From: Thomas.Stricker@ARES.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU Reply-To: "Thomas M. Stricker" To: bovik@ARES.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU Cc: David Wettergreen , "Derek B. Noonburg" Sender: tomstr@ARES.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: City attempts to tax non taxable income. Message-Id: <793650468/tomstr@ARES.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU> Question: What if the city of Pittsburgh writes you that they want to collect back taxes on your fellowship amount, because they found it on your federal return, as it happened to a friend of mine. Here are some replies with two notes from editor: 1) as of today fellowships and scholarships are non taxable in PA and PGH under certain circumstances, like full time student, working for a degree etc... (A little bit more Reagonomics in Washington this will soon change, happily following the double standard that as a graduate student you are basically learning and unproductive, thats why all you get is about minimal wage, - rather than the engineers salary that is charged to your research sponsors, but for tax purposes you are still consider you productive enough that this money is wages and you have to pay taxes on it.) 2) Karen Olack is our SCS payroll accountant, people from other schools or departments go to the corresponding person who does payroll accounting for your school or deparment or institute. ----- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 12:29:11 EST From: Dafna_Talmor@GS4.SP.CS.CMU.EDU To: tomstr+@SKYLARK.WARP.CS.CMU.EDU I had the same a while ago. You are supposed to get a letter from Karen Olack saying you dont need to pay city taxes, and send it to them asap Dafna ----------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 13:22:34 EST From: dredish@GS151.SP.CS.CMU.EDU To: tomstr+@SKYLARK.WARP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Tax question: Straighten out city. You need to either call the person on your letter and explain that you don't need to file a city tax return and/or talk to Karen Olack who will give you a letter to send the city to tell them that you are exempt. The city (actually intelligently) compares those who filed PA and federal tax forms listing Pgh as place-of-residence with those who file Pgh tax forms. dave redish ------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 13:05:11 EST From: phoebe@GS80.SP.CS.CMU.EDU To: Thomas Stricker Subject: Re: Tax question: Straighten out city. Get a letter from Karen explaining you don;t have to pay tax. She has a form letter for it. It is very easy. - Phoebe