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TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 136. |
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If a member's child changes schools due to posting, they may have to give up a scholarship. This Division pays the member for educational costs, to the value of that scholarship. |
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For this Division, the member must meet all these conditions. |
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The member is posted to another location. |
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The member's child held a scholarship for education at a school in the losing location. The child could not use the scholarship because they changed schools to the gaining location. Note: A scholarship includes a bursary. |
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The member is not entitled to any other education assistance outlined in this Part. |
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Note: Clause 1.6.1 deals with situations where a member's adult dependant is also a member, and they would both be entitled to reimbursement for loss of a child's scholarship. Only one of the members is entitled. See: Chapter 1 Part 6 clause 1.6.1, Dual entitlement – member's adult dependant is also a member. |
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The member is entitled to reimbursed for the following educational costs. The costs are limited to the value of the part of the scholarship that is not yet used. |
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Compulsory tuition fees at the gaining location, to the value of the scholarship. |
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Costs for textbooks, to the value of any separate amount the scholarship paid for textbooks. |
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The costs must be for education of a kind that the child would have received under the scholarship. |
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