The IRS American Opportunity Tax Credit is worth up to 2,500 dollars per eligible student for the first four years of higher education.

Forty percent of the AOTC is refundable, up to 1,000 dollars, so it can pay out even when you owe no tax.

In the UK, households where everyone is a full-time student are exempt from Council Tax entirely.

UK universities run their own bursaries and hardship funds, which usually do not need repaying and are almost always under-applied for.

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