School Uniforms, Other Expenses Not Deductible

September 9, 2009 · 3 comments

One of the most popular questions I see around this time of year is whether you can deduct the cost of:

The short answer is no. These expenses are considered personal expenses and are not deductible for federal income tax purposes for students in elementary and high school (I’ll address college and work-related educational expenses later).

There are some ways to mitigate some of these expenses – like participation in a section 529 plan. Check in later in the day to find out more.

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1 Robyn Young, CPA September 10, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Interesting tidbit: Arizona offers some school related tax credits for some extracurricular activities.
http://www.revenue.state.az.us/brochure/707.pdf

Also – I have to wonder if some of these expenditures might qualify as “out-of-pocket volunteer expenses”.

2 Tommy June 29, 2010 at 2:48 pm

Don’t feel to bad about school uniforms not being tax deductible, painter whites art ether and they have to wear them too.

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