The Trump administration implemented a scheme in which defrauded borrowers received only partial forgiveness of their loans The partial relief methodology was flawed. The U.S. Department of Education has decided that all borrowers whose borrower defense claims were approved will receive a full discharge of their loans. This will affect 72,000 borrowers who were subject to predatory student lending. Tax-free Student Loan Forgiveness Congress also took action concerning the tax treatment of student loan debt forgiveness. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 included tax-free status for all student loan forgiveness and debt cancellation through . This primarily affects the forgiveness after 20 or 25 years in an income-driven repayment plan, since most other forms of student loan cancellation ...