Spring Training

Mon, Mar 25 2013 at 11:55am

Education & Training Partnership

Register now for Spring Trainings

http://etp.granite.edu/schedule/cot

New classes:

• Resource Parent to Resource Parent Mentoring
• Strategies for Managing Sexualized Behaviors (online)
• Promoting Positive Behavior in School-Age Children (online)
• Guiding the Behaviors of Preschool Children (online)

Elections

Fri, Mar 15 2013 at 11:46amNH FAPA will be holding elections on the first Monday evening of May, 2013.  If you would like to be involved with a great group of foster, adoptive & relative caregiver parents who are involved with state-wide policy development, support groups, and offering resources for our foster, adoptive, and relative caregiver parents, we'd love to have you on the Executive Council!!! In May, there will be elections for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and two member at large positions.  For more information, please email Jen, jenguill@comcast.net.  Thanks so much! 

Adoption Tax Credit Information

Thu, Jan 03 2013 at 06:52pm

Information from NACAC 

Adoption Tax Credit Is Made Permanent

The legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff (the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, signed into law on January 2) included a provision that made the adoption tax credit permanent. Unfortunately it did not make the adoption credit refundable, so it will only benefit those adoptive families who have federal income tax liability.

 

For 2013, we believe the maximum adoption credit and exclusion will be slightly higher than the 2012 maximum of $12,650. The credit will begin to phase out for families with modified adjusted gross incomes above a certain level (around $190,000) and the credit will go away completely for those with incomes around $230,000. (Exact numbers for the maximum credit and income guidelines have yet to be releaesed.)

 

For 2013 and beyond, the credit will remain flat for special needs adoptions, meaning that those who adopt children from the U.S. who receive adoption assistance/adoption subsidy benefits can claim the maximum credit regardless of their expenses. For other adoptions (except for step-parent adoptions), parents can claim the credit based on their qualified adoption expenses.

 

NACAC is deeply disappointed Congress did not make the adoption tax credit refundable for 2012 or future years, and will continue to advocate for refundability in the future.  We will keep you posted on these advocacy efforts.

 

Even though the credit isn't refundable for 2012, we encourage those who adopted in 2012 to submit a Form 8839 with their 2012 taxes even if they do not have tax liability. Although they will not receive an adoption credit refund with their 2012 taxes, the credit can be carried forward up to five additional years. Families might benefit later if either their tax situation changes or the credit is made refundable in the future, and then wouldn't have to amend their 2012 taxes.

E&TP Winter Training Schedule

Fri, Dec 21 2012 at 02:16pm

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