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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, I don't see how you can assume you can take out room and board when Massachusetts is grappling with that currently and it seems almost unlikely that bill will allowing a 40% deduction will even pass.

And even if this is a loophole that is established, how do you determine what room and board is? Is a basement bedroom worse than an upstairs? What if they have a private bathroom? Private exit? Separate cooking space? What about based on location desirability? A house in Dupont has to be priced higher than a house in Anacostia. How do you determine market value of a spare room? Group home advertisements in your area? Does the agency make the determination? Is that creating an incentive for APs to live in subpar situations because they'll have less deducted from their paychecks? [/quote]

Can’t deduct room and board necessarily but can deduct cell phone, % personal use of car, anything like that, plus they’d have to pay state and local taxes and income like education benefit is taxable. Then you pay only for hours worked. So for people using it for the split schedule coverage, it works out to about the same for a lot more headache. [/quote]

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