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My kids are in catholic preschool and we were told that we’d have the option to suspend tuition payments in event of another shutdown on a voluntary basis. The intent is that another shutdown could impact family earnings but hopefully people continue to pay if they can.
My thinking is that I’d suspend tuition payments but then make tax deductible donations to the school at the same tuition rate plus an extra amount for the tax benefit so that I’m no better off in terms of monthly cost
Makes sense. I’m wondering about March/April/May where we continued to pay hoping things will turn around, and to support the teachers. It’s a church preschool, so I am assuming has nonprofit status. And we paid significant sums for which no services were provided.
I am on the board of my church/preschool. We stopped asking for tuition and instead asked for people to make tax deductible donations to the church. Those were recorded differently and the donors will receive charitable gift acknowledgements. You would need to contact your school—payments for tuition are not deductible and if you were obligated to make payments even when the school was closed per your parent agreement and those payments are characterized as tuition then it is not deductible.
I wouldn’t think if tuition is now a mandatory charitable contribution in order for your child to remain in the school/program, it would apply as a charitable contribution. There’s a contingency there.
I’m in the same situation myself...