Show Moss Bill To Help Teachers I Sen Frank E E. E Moss Utah D-Utah has cosponsored a bill in the US U.S. Senate whIch would allow school teachers to deduct the cost of educational expenses from their Incomes for tax pur- pur poses SEN MOSS said that the bill billis is meant to clarify the current muddle created when the internal Internal in- in recently declared that it will not allow I teachers to deduct the costs connected with obtaining additIonal additional addi- addi I education following graduation graduation grad grad- and certification as a teacher The fhe bill provIdes that tuitIon and fees books and supplies i travel expenses and reasonable expenses of living away from home during the period when post graduate e education d u c a 0 n is isI I being received No tax relief I will be granted for any educational I costs Incurred prIor I to a persons person's first year ot of teaching teach teach- ing Sen Moss said I WE DEMAND the highest quality teachers who must possess pos pos- sess impressive credentials to I teach in our schools but ms IRS has ruled I spent on earning a masters master's degree degree de- de gree or other education which I makes him more valuable as a teacher cannot be claimed as I exempt income for federal tax ta returns Sen Moss said f The Utah De Democrat said that I advanced degrees and training I often otten afford school teachers I higher salaries Without this added Incentive we are working agaInst ourselves in trying to solve our national t tea e a c h her e r shortage SEN MOSS said that the allows deductions for the costs of attendIng an Institution of higher education Specialized semInars and workshops are already covered by ms IRS rules which allow deductions for the th costs incurred by the teacher who attends these sessions Sen Moss r said |