S.3076 - Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act of 2008

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for expenses relating to home schooling. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for expenses relating to home schooling. as introduced.

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David Vitter

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6/3/2008--Introduced.Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all taxpayers, including taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions, a tax deduction for expenses relating to the home schooling of their children at the elementar
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6/3/2008--Introduced.
Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all taxpayers, including taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions, a tax deduction for expenses relating to the home schooling of their children at the elementary or secondary school level.


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11/14/08
Obama And HSLDA

Senator David Vitter (LA) introduced The Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act (HOMES Act — S. 3076) in June 2008. The goal of the HOMES Act is to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an optional tax deduction ...

Source: Rational Jenn
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11/12/08
Share Your Vision

For this reason, I hope you will support S. 3076, the "Homes Act." As I am sure you know, this would relieve some of the financial burden of homeschooling families by providing a tax deduction of $500 per child (with an annual limit of ...

Source: Springer's Journal
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08/25/08
Congress Attempting to Amend IRS Code in Favor of Homeschoolers

The first, S. 3076, would provide an optional tax deduction for homeschool families. HSLDA and Home Education Magazine have both written about this bill. The other bill, HR 6737, was introduced on July 31, 2008. ...

Source: Homeschool Nations - Hawaii - Homeschool Blogger
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