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Tax Aspects of Providing Foster Care
If you are currently caring for a foster child, or considering doing so, there are several tax benefits of which you should be aware. This analysis is pertinent for those that will be taking a foster child into their home—for reasons other than profit—and that an agency is going to make monthly payments for so long as you provide the foster care. Questions that arise are how foster parents should treat those payments for tax purposes, whether you can deduct your expenses in raising the foster child, and whether there are any other tax aspects to providing foster care.
