Tuition Remission

Rider provides a generous tuition remission benefit to its employees to further their own education and, in many cases, their dependents' as well.  Please direct all questions on tuition remission to the HRIS office, Dave Perry x7280, or Sue Hewins x7281.

Taxability

Undergraduate Tuition Remission:  For work on the undergraduate level, the benefit is not taxable to the employee, unless it is being provided for a non-dependent child.  The test is whether the child is claimed as a dependent on the employee's most recent Federal tax return.  The University reserves the right to request copies of such tax returns for tax documentation. 

Graduate Tuition Remission: All graduate-level tuition remission is taxable to the employee.  

Taxation Schedule:  In the case of taxable remission, additional non-cash income in the amount of the remission and related withholding will be applied to the employee's paycheck over one or two months during the semester of remission, as follows:
                for Fall term,           taxable over October and November
                     Spring term,                           April and May
                     Summer 1 term                      June or July
                     Summer 2 term                      July or August
Please note that the additional taxes will probably result in a smaller take-home pay for the periods noted above.  Please contact HRIS at x7280 for further information on taxability of tuition remission.

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How to Apply

Tuition Remission Request Forms are available via the above link on this web page.  The form can be completed online, then printed and submitted (paper forms are no longer available).  Please fill out a form for each student for each semester. If you are seeking remission for study at Rider, be sure that the form has been approved by your  supervisor before submission.  Forms may be submitted in the Human Resources Office, LIB108.

For study at Rider you must submit the FAFSA form to Student Financial Services if you are a matriculated student (enrolled in a degree program).  The FAFSA is available from Student Financial Services or from the Human Resources Office, or may be submitted online.

For external remission, please attached the following documentation from the outside school:

1. Financial Aid Award Letter (you will need to file the FAFSA and any additional documents required by the outside school in order to generate a Financial Aid Award Letter -- requirements vary with different schools)
2. Two copies of a billing for the term of the request from the outside school, showing detail of all charges including incidental fees and financial aid. Please note that the billing must show the name of the student and the term of the billing.

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When to Apply

There is no semester "deadline" for applying for the remission benefit and requests can be processed even after classes have begun. However, in order for the Tuition Remission credit to appear on the initial semester billing at Rider, your request forms must be submitted by the following dates:

for the Fall Semester               by July 1st
for the Spring Semester           by  November 15th
for Summer 1 classes              by April 1st
for Summer 2 classes              by May 1st

For external remission, please allow at least three weeks for the preparation of the check.  The Human Resources Office will notify you when the check is available.

Please do not submit forms for several semesters ahead, as we cannot approve remission until approximately the dates shown above. 

For further information, contact Human Resources Information Systems at x7281 (Sue Hewins) or x7280 (Dave Perry).