Families with college students may save tax on their 2017 returns with one of these breaks

Families with college students may save tax on their 2017 returns with one of these breaksWhether you had a child in college (or graduate school) last year or were a student yourself, you may be eligible for some valuable tax breaks on your 2017 return. One such break that had expired December 31, 2016, was just extended under the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: the tuition and fees deduction.