Conference Registrations, Membership Fees, and Abstract Fees

Student reimbursements can be nontaxable if they are acting as an agent of the University, Club, or Team and the following conditions are documented:

• directly supports a faculty member’s project or research, or,
• is related to presenting faculty research at a conference, or,
• is official University Business

Example “Student expenses in direct support of TAMU faculty research – J Doe presenting on behalf of Professor Smith at ABC Conference. “

If the above information is not provided, the payment is reportable to scholarships and financial aid as academic support.