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Old 08-12-2002, 11:03 AM
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Re: 2003 Tax Credit

Originally Posted By Sharon

The tax credit very clearly states that it is a flat $10,000 for a special needs domestic adoption.

An earlier tax credit bill did not have this provision, and failed because it is well known that some families of special needs kids technically have no "qualifying adoption expenses", yet spend thousands of dollars doing things like remodeling their bathroom to accommodate a wheelchair or obtaining diagnostic and therapeutic services that are not covered by insurance or subsidies.

You can read the entire text of the tax credit legislation on Thomas, the website of Congress. You can also read the IRS instructions for the 2002 credit on the IRS website. I doubt that the instructions for 2003 will be much different.
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