{"id":5139,"date":"2019-05-09T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2019-05-09T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:55:45","slug":"sen-irwin-rep-witwer-introduce-teacher-tax-credit-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2019\/05\/09\/sen-irwin-rep-witwer-introduce-teacher-tax-credit-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Irwin, Rep. Witwer introduce teacher tax credit legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING \u2014 As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Irwin<\/strong>&nbsp;(D\u2013Ann Arbor) and Rep.&nbsp;<strong>Angela Witwer<\/strong>&nbsp;(D\u2013Delta Township) have introduced legislation to provide a tax credit for educators who pay out-of-pocket for classroom supplies. Senate Bill 315 and House Bill 4582 would allow teachers to claim a tax credit for up to $1,000 for a single return and up to $2,000 for a joint return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery day, teachers in Michigan are taking money out of their pockets to buy supplies for their classrooms because Lansing is failing to fund our public schools,\u201d Sen. Irwin said. \u201cThe least we can do is offer a tax credit to help offset those expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mea.org\/survey-highlights-top-10-out-of-pocket-expenses-for-michigan-school-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A 2017 survey found 96% of Michigan teachers<\/a>&nbsp;spend their own money to furnish their classrooms. Seventy-three percent of educators spent more than $300 on their students, and 41% spent more than $500, according to the survey. Items eligible for deduction include books, computer programs, art supplies, classroom learning materials, food and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTeachers are using their own money to pay for necessary supplies for their students to make up for cuts to classroom funding,\u201d Rep. Witwer said. \u201cThese teachers are already underpaid, and this bill is our chance to pay them back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The threshold provided in Irwin&#8217;s legislation also addresses the shortcomings of the federal\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/taxtopics\/tc458\" target=\"_blank\">Educator Expense Deduction<\/a>\u00a0that only allows educators to deduct up to $250 from their federal taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING \u2014 As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, Sen.&nbsp;Jeff Irwin&nbsp;(D\u2013Ann Arbor) and Rep.&nbsp;Angela Witwer&nbsp;(D\u2013Delta Township) have introduced legislation to provide a tax credit for educators who pay out-of-pocket for classroom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sen. 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