For the first time in five years, certain forms of student loan forgiveness will be taxable following a change in federal tax ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. Starting January 1, 2026, certain types of student loan ...

The Department of Education will delay garnishing wages and intercepting federal income tax refunds.

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 5: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at an impromptu press conference in Washington DC on November 5, 2025. Sanders and several other Democratic senators ...

Wage garnishments and seizing tax refunds for people in default on their federal student loans will be suspended, the Education Department said Friday.

Obtaining student loan forgiveness can feel like pure relief — but there may be some fine print to that forgiveness. As of Jan. 1, 2026, following the expiration of a Biden-era provision that made ...

Student loan borrowers who are entitled to debt forgiveness but haven't been able to get it under Trump may face an "enormous tax liability," the American Federation of Teachers said in a recent court ...

Many students borrow money or accept grants and scholarships to help pay for higher education. Fortunately, student loans aren’t taxable, so you don’t report student loans as income on your tax return ...

Certain types of student loan forgiveness face federal and state taxes after a law that protected borrowers expired. Now they ...