Tax breaks, credits, and rules for students, parents, and educators — everything about taxes and paying for school.
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winner! See the comments for more info.) The first food allergy list has arrived from school this year. According to the school nurse, severe food allergies affect more than 3 million school children. To keep kids safe, each classroom has a list of foods that are…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) Education tax credits can help you pay for the costs of higher education. Credits are great because they are dollar for dollar reductions in your taxes due as opposed to deductions which merely reduce your income subject to tax….
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) So the good news at my house first: my middle daughter made travel team for field hockey. The bad news: we have to figure out how to pay for it. In addition to the fees for travel, we have…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have our winners! See the comments for more info.) As a small business owner, my family pays for our own health insurance. It is, after housing, the single biggest check that we write each month (if you don’t count consolidated student loans – more on that later this…
(UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. We have a winner! See the comments for more info.) It’s Back To School on the blog! When my son was in kindergarten, you could find me in his classroom every Friday morning. Like many of my friends, I was a classroom mom since funding cuts meant that there…
While many of my friends across the country were busy spending their holiday weekend with barbecues and lazy days, I spent my Labor Day weekend shopping for school supplies, reminding my kids to finish their summer assignments, and filling out school forms. For my kids – and roughly 25% of public school children around the…
There are a few facts that everyone can agree on with respect to the Philadelphia School District budget wars: The school district is operating at a deficit. The school district can’t open its doors without staff. Nobody likes to pay taxes. What everyone can’t agree on, however, are how those facts are going to intersect….
Taxes from A to Z: S is for Student Loans
Taxes from A to Z (2014): E is for EE bonds
When is enough, enough? At what age can parents legally stop paying expenses for their children? Two New Jersey children took their parents to court this year to find out.
