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School Uniforms, Other Expenses Not Deductible

9 September 2009

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

school uniforms for public, private or parochial school
band uniforms and instruments
athletic team uniforms
school supplies
field trips
fill-in-the-blank school expense that is sucking money out of my wallet

The short answer is no. These expenses are considered personal [...]

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School Days, School Days, Spend A Lot of Money Days: School Sales Tax Holidays on the Way

25 July 2008

Earlier this week, I headed off to the store with school supply check list in hand. Boy, how things have changed since I was a kid. Tops on my list? Latex-free erasers. Pencils with latex-free erasers. Pencil sharpener together with Ziploc bag. The list went on and on. [...]

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