The Tax Professionals Blog — charitable contribution
Can the Teachers’ Classroom Supplies Deduction Exceed $250?
Posted by Lee Reams Sr. on
Congress, recognizing that most classroom teachers spend a significant amount of their own money on classroom supplies, granted them a special deduction of $250 (indexed for inflation after 2015) as an adjustment to gross income – referred to as an above-the-line deduction – rather than an itemized deduction.