Host Family Tax Deduction

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Host families may claim a tax deduction of $50 per calendar month (15 days or more) for the time period in which you hosted your AFS student. This amount should be included on Schedule A of your Federal Income Tax return under Charitable Contributions, "Deductions other than cash" naming AFS-USA, Inc. and annotating the entry "Sec. 170(g) deduction".

This deduction only applies to those families who itemize rather than using the Standard Deduction.