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# Tax Tips 3 - American Opportunity Credit
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/american_opportunity_credit_0604100759/
- Published: 2010-04-06T19:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:25:29.000Z
- Description: A form letter about the Recovery Act's American Opportunity Tax Credit, which offers up to $2,500 a year toward college expenses for single filers earning up to $90,000 and married couples up to $180,000.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import

**American Opportunity Credit - up to $2,500**

If you or your child have college expenses in 2009,

It appears that your income may be too high to qualify for this tax credit this year. However, the credit is also available for 2010 expenses, so be sure check again next year. [Learn more](http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=205674,00.html?ref=foodconsumer.org).

The Recovery Act’s American Opportunity Tax Credit provides up to **$2,500** per year to help cover the college expenses of single individuals making up to $90,000 and married couples families making up to $180,000.

If you don't 

While you didn’t have any college expenses in 2009, the credit is also available for 2010 expenses, so be sure check again next year. [Learn more](http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=205674,00.html?ref=foodconsumer.org).

The Recovery Act’s American Opportunity Tax Credit provides up to **$2,500** per year to help cover the college expenses of single individuals making up to $90,000 and married couples families making up to $180,000.

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