Internal tuition assistance

The juice is worth the squeeze.

LemonAid runs tuition assistance end to end, from pre-approval to payroll-ready reimbursement, with caps and Section 127 handled automatically.

How a tuition request moves from submission to approval to reimbursement in LemonAid

One path, from request to payroll

Every request follows the same four steps, so employees always know where they stand and reviewers always see the full picture.

  1. 01

    Request pre-approval

    Employees submit course details and estimated costs before the course begins.

  2. 02

    Manager, then HRBP

    Approvals run in sequence, so each reviewer sees the same complete record.

  3. 03

    Submit completion

    Grades, credits, and proof of payment are uploaded once the course ends.

  4. 04

    Review and export

    Caps and Section 127 tax treatment are computed, then exported for payroll.

For HR and Total Rewards

Built for the team that owns the program

Sequential review

Approvals that stay in order

Manager and HRBP review in sequence, each on the same record, with a full decision trail behind every outcome.

policy-driven

Your rules, not ours

Company caps, degree types, and approver titles come from your admin configuration. Nothing about your program is hard-coded.

IRC Section 127

Tax treatment handled

The $5,250 annual exclusion is applied automatically, and the taxable remainder is flagged so payroll never has to reverse-engineer it.

Payroll-ready

Export you can run as-is

Approved reimbursements export as a clean, auditable report, formatted for the people who actually cut the checks.

$5,250

Section 127, applied every time

LemonAid applies the annual IRC Section 127 exclusion, then flags the taxable remainder on the report, so the payroll export is correct on the first run.

Getting access

LemonAid is provisioned by your HR and Total Rewards team. If your organization has it enabled, sign in to pick up where you left off.

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