Do you help out at your child's school? If you donate your time at school functions, donate books to the school library, or help assist the teaching staff, you may be able to save come tax time.

Summer is coming to a close and the back-to-school advertising blitz is underway. Hidden in some of those school expenses are tax deductions you can take advantage of. Here are some ways you can save:

Kids Summer Jobs... Good for IRA / Roth IRA

If your children have earnings from summer or after-school jobs, encourage them to open IRA accounts.