By Representative Creedon of Brockton and Senator Creedon, joint petition (accompanied by bill, 2879) of Geraldine Creedon and others relative to providing for an income tax deduction for school fees. Revenue.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Geraldine Creedon

Robert S. Creedon, Jr.

Lewis G. Evangelidis

Christine E. Canavan

Jennifer L. Flanagan

John P. Fresolo

Bruce E. Tarr

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Michael R. Knapik

Cory Atkins

Douglas W. Petersen

James E. Timilty

Thomas P. Kennedy

Cleon H. Turner

Walter F. Timilty

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act providing for an income tax deduction for school fees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Paragraph (a) of Part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 42 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2006, is hereby further amended by adding the following subparagraph:-

(16) An amount equal to the amount of school fees paid to a public school on behalf of a dependent by the taxpayer.