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Rep. Chris Taylor introduces bill to allow $1,000 tax deduction for homeschooled students
Summary
Rep. Chris Taylor introduced H.249 to allow families who home study children in Vermont to claim an annual income tax deduction up to $1,000 per enrolled dependent to offset qualified education expenses; committee members asked for data on geographic concentration, verification and program costs.
Rep. Chris Taylor introduced H.249 on Feb. 28 to permit families who home study their children in Vermont to claim an annual income tax deduction of up to $1,000 per enrolled dependent to offset qualified expenses.
Taylor told the Ways & Means Committee the deduction would cover qualified expenses including “the cost of educational instruction, materials, equipment, software, and computer hardware required for use during the normal school day when a student is in the home study program under 16 BSA subsection 1 sec 166 b, whether in person or through distance learning.” He said the change is a targeted way to “help mitigate this…
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