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Posted: Jan 16 2008 at 4:23am | IP Logged Quote CAgirl4God
and I thought the knowledgable ladies here would know...

A friend of mine home school's one of her kids (he has a disability and does attend school for half the time and home school for the remainder). Are any of the supplies she purchases to use for the purpose the child's education deductible? She has purchased a lot of developmental toys, flash cards, standard school supplies, and a lot more. I just wondered if there was a place to deduct this?
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Posted: Jan 16 2008 at 11:04am | IP Logged Quote folklaur
As far as I know, no.

Here is some information.

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Not as far as I know. Wish it were.

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OK..so I have nothing helpful to add but wanted to throw in a thought. I was at a hs-ing conference and when asked if any materials were tax-deductible the speaker basically "no, and you don't want them to be." It would sort of be like giving the gov't a foot in the door and a bigger say-so in what you are allowed to do. Of course, I live in TX...so that would be a bigger deal to me than someone hsing in a state that required more documentation... which, when compared to TX, is most states. ROFL!

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Posted: Jan 16 2008 at 4:42pm | IP Logged Quote folklaur
Yes, I have heard the same thing.

To get a tax deduction, the IRS would need to "officially define" WHAT and WHO a homeschooler is.

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thank you for your replies... I will be passing them along...
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They give rebates in BC Canada but as you said, I think it is a definite 'foot in the door' (The school boards actually were a huge presence at the last conference I attended out there pushing an early $250 if you would sign up on the spot....too tempting sometimes for the underpaid homeschool mother

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