Foreign Exchange Student

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If you host a foreign exchange student who is in high school or younger and who is in your home under an educational program set up by a charitable organization, then you can include $50 per month as a cash charitable contribution for each month the student lived in your home. Enter cash contributions on the Donations to Charities screen.

See the Expenses Paid for Student Living With You section of IRS Publication 526 for more information.

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