Could you please tell me if home schoolers are allowed any tax deductions?
For instance, can I take him to a museum and have it deducted from taxes? How about books and materials?
TIA, Lisa
Home school tax deductions
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Home school tax deductions
Last edited by douglisa on Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
No, no, and no.
Sorry!
Sorry!

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- M. Montessori
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Look at it this way, with allowing the government to mess with the financial aspect of hs'ing, you're giving them more control. The more you get from them, the more you (and the rest of us) end up giving in return.
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
- M. Montessori
Proud non-member of the HSLDA
- M. Montessori
Proud non-member of the HSLDA
The only way to get financial aid from the state for homeschooling is through a charter school or some such program. However, the state then gets to control what sorts of curriculums and materials you use, and from the homeschooler standpoint, charter schools are just an extension of the public school system.
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Theodore wrote:The only way to get financial aid from the state for homeschooling is through a charter school or some such program. However, the state then gets to control what sorts of curriculums and materials you use, and from the homeschooler standpoint, charter schools are just an extension of the public school system.
Amen to that!
Last year was the first year we had a charter school, Georgia Virtual Academy (GVA), offered, which uses K12. Many people, who wanted to get there feet wet with homeschooling, started with GVA, but quite a number of them either quit midstream or did not do it this year and began homeschooling. Why? Because you have to jump through so many hoops with GVA. The oversight was too much for most people. On the other hand, to homeschool, Georgians only need to send a letter of intent and monthly attendance records. (GA is the only state that requires monthly reporting and although it is ridiculous, it only takes a few minutes each month to do it.)
I am not willing to trade off keeping more money in my pocket for giving the state more control over my curriculum.
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