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Back To School Myths: Federal Tax Breaks Exist For Homeschooling

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 23, 2018July 1, 2022

As students from elementary age to grad level across the country head back to school this month, parents are grappling with how to pay tuition,

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Back To School Myths: School Uniforms Are Tax-Deductible

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 22, 2018July 1, 2022

As students from elementary age to grad level across the country head back to school this month, parents are grappling with how to pay tuition,

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Back To School Myths: You Can Deduct Private School Tuition On Your Taxes

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 21, 2018July 1, 2022

As students from elementary age to grad level across the country head back to school this month, parents are grappling with how to pay tuition,

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Back To School Myths: The Student Loan Interest Deduction Is Gone

Back To School Myths: The Student Loan Interest Deduction Is Gone

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 20, 2018July 1, 2022

As students from elementary age to grad level across the country head back to school this month, parents are grappling with how to pay tuition,

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11 Tax-Favored Valentine’s Day Gifts For 2013

Kelly Phillips ErbFebruary 14, 2013July 6, 2020

“Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.” – Judith Viorst, children’s author and tax activist

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Eleven Tax-Favorable Valentine’s Day Gifts

Kelly Phillips ErbFebruary 14, 2012June 1, 2020

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. –

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Back To School: Education Savings Bonds

Kelly Phillips ErbSeptember 25, 2011May 19, 2020

Okay, you already know how savings bonds work… They’re backed by the federal government so the principal is guaranteed. When you buy them, federal savings

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9 Tax Tips For Back To School

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 17, 2011

My kids are still trying their best to soak up the last few days of summer. Lucky for them, school won’t start until after Labor

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Should A “Graduate Tax” Be Tied To Earnings?

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 10, 2010

When I was in college, I spent a year in the northeast of England (Hull, to be exact) on an exchange program. I had a

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Ask The Taxgirl: Deducting College Expenses

Kelly Phillips ErbApril 3, 2010May 21, 2020

Taxpayer asks: I am retired and my wife and I support a son in college. We send him $2000/mo for room and board and I

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