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2024 Tax Issues for Student Loan Borrowers: What You Can’t Afford to Miss

Student Loan Planner

The 2024 tax filing deadline is a mere eight weeks away. While some people might wait until the last minute to file their taxes, others are getting their documents in order now.

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Report: Student Loan Debt Burdens Limit Wealth Building and Career Choice for HBCU Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The burden of student loan debt limits future finances of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). CRL found that student debt prevented many HBCU graduates from building wealth through means such as buying a home or investing in retirement.

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5 Tax Tips for Student Loan Borrowers in 2023

Student Loan Planner

It’s tax season, believe it or not. And student loan borrowers are facing an array of confusing new initiatives, reforms and changes, both to student loan programs and the tax code. Many of these changes will be beneficial, but may directly impact borrowerstax strategies.

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Is a Spouse Responsible for Student Loans? How Marriage Impacts Debt

Student Loan Hero

Understanding how marriage affects student loans can be tricky. For instance, you might wonder whether a spouse is responsible for student loans incurred before marriage, or what happens after a divorce. However, this depends on when the debt was acquired, who cosigned the loan and where you reside.

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Department of Education Announces It Will Cancel  All Corinthian Colleges’ Students’ Federal Student Loans 

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

On June 1, 2022, the Department of Education announced that it would cancel all of the federal student loans former Corinthian College students borrowed to attend those schools (Heald College, Everest Institute/College, and WyoTech) from Corinthian’s founding in 1995 through its closure in 2015.

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When Is the FAFSA Due? 3 Essential Deadlines

Student Loan Hero

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens on Oct. Most students file the FAFSA much closer to the date it opens than the date it closes. Students can file the FAFSA until the end of the academic year and still get some aid,” says Mark Kantrowitz, financial aid expert and publisher of SavingforCollege.com.

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Sallie Mae’s “How America Pays for College”

College Planners of America

SLM Corporation (commonly known as Sallie Mae; originally the Student Loan Marketing Association) is a publicly traded U.S. Initially, it was a Federal entity that serviced Federal student loans. Later, it became a private corporation that made and serviced its own private student loans.

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