Houston Chapter
'ISF Scholarships'
Sponsored by KPMG
Presenter
Robert G. Horn, Ph.D
About The Event
If a company pays school tuition for expatriate dependents, ISF Scholarships can reduce annual education costs. ISF Scholarships, expressly designed for companies that pay tuition and fees for dependents, are tax-exempt and eliminate tax equalization reimbursements.
Company-paid tuitions for school-age dependents of expatriate executives are taxed as income to these employees. The company reimburses executives through tax equalization payments, which also are taxable. Tax equalization ultimately increases annual education costs by about 70%.
A company with 100 dependents attending private schools, incurs annual tuition costs of about $2.5 million. Tax equalization reimbursements cost the company an added $1.8 million. ISF Scholarships reduce tax equalization payments by about 40%.
Robert G. Horn, Ph.D.
Dr. Horn has spent over twenty-five years in international education, developing expertise in fostering effective working relationships between international schools and multinational corporations. Most of his career has been in the field of educational advancement and resource development. Experience has included work at American international schools in Japan, China, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia as well as consulting work in other parts of Asia. He also served as a Vice President at the Thunderbird International Graduate School in Arizona, the University of Houston, the University of Maryland, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Horn completed Ph.D. studies at Purdue University with research concentrations in economics of education, corporate philanthropy, and interpersonal communications. His dissertation examined the effects of interpersonal communication on the contributions from multinational corporations to international schools.
Through graduate studies and continuing field research Dr. Horn has become a recognized expert in the economics and organizational dynamics of international schools.
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