Is Carnegie Mellon exempt from the Hotel Occupancy taxes?
No. CMU is subject to all hotel occupancy taxes. The Graduate Student Office provides funding to students for various educational experiences. These funds are transferred from the GSO directly the Departments and it is the responsibility of the Department to manage the distribution of the funds. Are these funds considered to be a Nonqualified Scholarship? No. Funds provided by the GSO and transferred directly to the Departments are not nonqualified scholarships. These funds should still be distributed using the expense reimbursement process.
