Create a Strong Pitch for Tuition Reimbursement Approach your request like a formal negotiation. Be prepared with a clear, well-structured case outlining the skills you'll gain and how they'll benefit your team and company. If possible, gather supporting documents to make the process as easy as possible.
Existing federal law, provides an exclusion of up to $5,250 per year from gross income of an employee, for educational assistance furnished pursuant to an educational assistance program by an employer, for expenses incurred by, or on behalf of, an employee for education of the employee.
An EAP— sometimes called a tuition reimbursement program—enables employers to fund their employees' higher education courses. For example, you might choose to fully or partially fund your employees' undergraduate or graduate degrees, professional development or skills-building courses, or vocational certifications.
Tuition reimbursement (also known as tuition assistance) is an employee benefit through which an employer pays for a predetermined amount of continuing education credits or college coursework to be applied toward a degree.