My son was homeschooled thru July, turned 19 in August. Tax book says he still qualifies up until age 24 if "full-time" student for at least 5 months of the year, but is not specific about which "full-time" school actually qualifies. Haven't had a problem with homeschool and tax forms all of these years until now. We live in Texas. I have searched the web as much as possible and cannot find an answer - help, please...
2007-02-03 12:21:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Full time student means in a post secondary educational institution, College, University.
Home schooling does not qualify
Call the Internal Revenue Service for more clarification at
1-800-829-1040
2007-02-03 12:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-22 11:08:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy Wall O' Text! Do your own research on homeschooling. There are many different options. Some parents follow a rigid curriculum. Some do unschooling. With your planning in advance, unschooling doesn't sound as if it's for you. They allow their kids to drive their education. You'll probably decide on something in the middle. You seem quite inflexible. Your children aren't even two years old and you have their whole socialization planned out. Expect them to decide they actually want to learn to read music and do some things you didn't want to do. They aren't you, but you seem to see the world in a very narrow lens - your own point of view. That will not serve you well in terms of raising the open minded children you tell yourself you want. As far as good influences and bad, there are both good and bad in homeschooling and school. . I find the answer that calls 1/3 schooled kids "a$$holes" as ill mannered as any schooled kid I've met. Personally, I don't want my kids to associate with parents who call other *children* names. Lets see, there are six answers here from proponents of homeschooling and of those three paint broad generalizations and stereotypes about schooled kids. Does that mean that 1/2 of people who homeschooled are prejudiced against people who aren't part of their group? Maybe. But I just wish that those who aren't so biased and who actually judge others by their characters would step up and call out bad manners, even when it is one of their "own" with the mad manners. If the homeschooled teen thinks all schooled kids are on drugs and having sex, then she isn't exposed to the real population of teens. Some do those things, some don't, and no matter what, you make your own choices. Yet, she will get pats on the back for doing exactly what she calls out in those who put down homeschooling: stereotyping. So get out there and stop the blather. Research and decide how it will work best for you.
2016-03-15 05:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, home-schooling wouldn't count in this case. Sorry. See IRS Pub 17, page 27, "school defined".
2007-02-03 12:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as he was in school (or in your case home school) for 5 months of the year, he still qualifies.
2007-02-03 12:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by saddlesore 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Call the IRS Individual Tax Help line @ 1. 800.829.1040. They can sort things out for you and help you.
2007-02-03 12:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am a tax professional and from what i know i believe its a no. but calling the irs or h&r block would be your best bet.
2007-02-03 12:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by michelle_grandstaff 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋