SASFAA Webinar - Tax Reform: How it Affects Students, Parents, and Colleges
President Trump signed the bill formerly known as “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” into law on December 22, 2017. The bill’s passage, universally acknowledged as the most sweeping change to tax code in decades, was greeted with a mixture of cheers and jeers from either sides of the political aisle. Looking beyond the politics, however, what does tax reform actually mean for higher education? What has changed? What hasn’t? And how do these changes to tax law affect students, parents, and the colleges that support them? This webinar will provide an overview of the education tax breaks and the aspects of tax reform most likely to impact higher education.
Speaker:
Shannon Vasconcelos is Director of College Finance at College Coach, a division of Bright Horizons and the nation’s leading provider of educational advisory services to organizations and families. At College Coach, Ms. Vasconcelos delivers workshops and provides individual counseling on the college finance process to employees at over 100 companies nationwide. She helps parents and students understand the processes of saving for college, paying for college, and education loan repayment, and maximize the tax break, financial aid, and scholarship resources available to them in a family-focused and ethical way. Ms. Vasconcelos has been featured as a college finance expert in numerous publications, including Forbes, Money, Consumer Reports, and U.S. News and World Report. She is a frequent guest on the podcast, Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, and writes regularly for The Insider blog. Prior to joining College Coach, Ms. Vasconcelos worked in student financial assistance at Boston University and Tufts University. She has a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts and an MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University.
Registration is limited to active members and is limited to a total of 100 participants. Registrants will receive the link via email the day prior to the webinar.
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