More than one sibling in college, lower fees?

TimeToShine

Hi,

I've been attending college for the past two years and paying the usual tuition fee of ~2500e, this coming year my two brothers are going to start attending the same college as I am. I remember reading that if you have more than one child attending college then you'll get a lower tuition bill, it's 1500 per person for two AFAIK and i'm not sure about if there's 3. The problem is when we go to register the same price is showing up for all of us. Who do I contact to sort this out or ask questions? i couldn't find anything relevant on the revenue site.

thanks.

jano1

There was an original plan to charge a reduced fee for the 2nd or subsequent students but the Govt realised it would be administratively hard to work out if the students were in different colleges so instead they give tax relief at the standard rate of 20% for any reg fees paid above €2250 in total:

"For the 2012 tax year, the maximum annual tax relief for tuition fees (including the Student Contribution of €2,250 or €1,125) is €7,000 @ 20% per individual per course. No other fees (e.g. administration fees, examination fees, capitation fees) qualify for tax relief. The first €2,250 of all fees claimed by an individual does not attract tax relief where any one of the students to whom the claim refers is a full time student. The first €1,125 of all fees claimed by an individual does not attract tax relief where all of the students to whom the claim refers are part-time.

Note: The disregard of €2,250 or €1,125, as the case may be, is based on a claim, the subject of which may be one or more students. The general effect of this approach to granting relief is that all claimants will get full tax relief on the Student Contribution for 2nd and subsequent students in their claim."

Maldesu

The fees wouldn't change but I'm wondering if you are thinking of Tax Relief on them.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/third_level_education/fees_and_supports_for_third_level_education/tax_relief_for_third_level_fees.html
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it31.html

TimeToShine

Maldesu wrote: »

The fees wouldn't change but I'm wondering if you are thinking of Tax Relief on them.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/third_level_education/fees_and_supports_for_third_level_education/tax_relief_for_third_level_fees.html
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it31.html

Yes it's the tax relief. For that application form do the three of us fill it in separately and hand them in? thanks.

You should also be in a better position in terms of a student grant if you have two other dependents attending college, which could make a big difference to your reg fee if you get it.

Annasopra

TimeToShine wrote: »

Yes it's the tax relief. For that application form do the three of us fill it in separately and hand them in? thanks.

I think your parents pay the fees for all three of you and then they fill in one form but maybe ring the revenue commissioners to check

TimeToShine

true-or-false wrote: »

You should also be in a better position in terms of a student grant if you have two other dependents attending college, which could make a big difference to your reg fee if you get it.

I was thinking that myself since I got rejected last year, we've all filled it and sent it in. The only thing i'm not sure of was whether or not I should apply to the county where I go to college or the one where i'm from and live during the summer.

Annasopra

TimeToShine wrote: »

I was thinking that myself since I got rejected last year, we've all filled it and sent it in. The only thing i'm not sure of was whether or not I should apply to the county where I go to college or the one where i'm from and live during the summer.

Everything goes through SUSI. It doesn't matter where you live. See www.studentfinance.ie - deadline to apply is this Friday.

TimeToShine

mango salsa wrote: »

Everything goes through SUSI. It doesn't matter where you live. See www.studentfinance.ie - deadline to apply is this Friday.

Hey,

We've everything filled out on grantsonline.ie and we were going to submit it earlier except we're not sure about the part where it asks which VEC you're applying from, we all live in Kildare and two out of the three of us will be living in Dublin for the college year, should we tick Kildare or Dublin?

Thanks.

Annasopra

TimeToShine wrote: »

Hey,

We've everything filled out on grantsonline.ie and we were going to submit it earlier except we're not sure about the part where it asks which VEC you're applying from, we all live in Kildare and two out of the three of us will be living in Dublin for the college year, should we tick Kildare or Dublin?

Thanks.

I'd say Kildare - in the old system you applied based on your permanent residence