The records already sit on campus.
Campuses already have the 1042-S and the bursar record. Vesper reads what was actually paid — qualified tuition on one side, housing and travel on the other — student by student.
The professional tax work for international students on scholarship.
Vesper puts each student’s file together. CPAs prepare and file the return. The student never pays.
The average international scholarship student is due an annual tax refund of $5,050 — and most never get it.
Across the country, that could mean $1.15 billion in forfeited tax returns.