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Send your child to summer day camp; it’s tax deductible!

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 6:26pm

Child and dependent care expenses are deductible if the qualifying person is under the age of 13 or is disabled and can be claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.

The expenses must be to allow the taxpayer to work or look for work. Therefore, the taxpayer must have earned income.

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Derek Love, a Treasure Coast Hospice volunteer, gets greeted by Hospice patient John Joyce and his dog Lucky before Love takes Lucky out for a walk at the Joyce home. (SHNS photo by Deborah Silver / Treasure Coast Newspapers) (RS)

Program keeps hospice patients and their pets together

Paul Ivice Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 3:00pm

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. -- As a retired psychologist, hospice patient John Joyce understands intellectually how a pet dog can enliven a home.

For the past five years, though, Joyce's pet schnoodle, Lucky, has reminded him of a dog's emotional value.

Treasure Coast Hospice understands that, too. That's why the hospice is one of the first in Florida to launch a Pet Peace of Mind program, with a $5,000 seed grant from Oregon-based Banfield Charitable Trust.

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