So , I think I read somewhere that I can claim my own son's summer camp on my taxes if he's sent to it due to my daycare. My son is so much older than my infant/toddlers that I know he will make working this summer miserable. I have never sent him to camp before but, if I can claim it as necessary so that I can successfully run my business, I was thinking of doing it. Any idea if it can be claimed? TIA..

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That's a great question! Unfortunately I don't know the answer... I wonder if summer school would be the same. Summer school for enrichment, not remedial.

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Yes you can claim your child's camps. Tom Copeland had an article about it just recently (before the tax deadline)

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Yes, but only if they go to a day camp. I'm claiming it for my 11 year old son; we pay for him to go to private school. Here's the article: http://www.tomcopelandblog.com/2014/....html#comments

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I don't know the answers, but I can tell you my daughter loved going to camp. Still does, she works there now lol. I always loved camp also it is great for kids if you can find one they really like. I guess we have been lucky though, because our church camp is a non-profit and owned by 60 churches most of our weeks are $200 a week or less, I know many of them are way more than that. Ours takes donations of food like cereal, salad dressings all that from the member churches. So we have been lucky.

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