btea question about reg fee

yuppies

Hello. I am returning to college this autumn to start a level 8 course.

I will be getting the back to education allowance.

I have done first year of a different course before and so I will have to pay course fees for first year of this course.

I am not sure, however, if I will be required to pay the 2000 euro "student contribution charge". If I hadn't already done first year before, I would have been entitled to a grant due to my parents' means (I got the grant before, as well as my fees paid.) Does the btea exempt me from having to pay the 2000 contribution charge?

(Also, is there some condition in ucd (where I'm hoping to return to) where if you have another family member at the college you only have to pay half of the registration fee, or did I imagine reading that somewhere?)

Any help much appreciated

Annasopra

The BTEA does not exempt you from the student contribution. You would normally apply for the grant to pay it. In this case you would probably not be eligible for a grant for year one.

What happens now for more than 1 child in college is that a rebate is given through tax relief. So if your parent pays fees for 2 then they get a rebate through their wages by claiming tax relief.

www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/studentcontribution2011.html

I am not 100% sure if you can claim a tax rebate on tuition fees if you are in education but I think you can

yuppies

Thanks man! Know where I stand now at least..