There are three ways of removing paint from wood: sanding, a hot air gun and chemical paint strippers. 1  Sanding is best kept for small projects unless you want to hire an industrial sander to remove paint and varnish from your floor.
Story Highlights. 1  Tuition and fees you pay to the college are tax-deductible. 2  Travel to home, room and board, medical expenses are not deductible. 3  There is an income cap on education-related deductions.
Tuition and Fees Deduction. The IRS allows parents to write off the cost of some higher education expenses, under the right conditions, using the tuition and fees deduction. For the parents to claim a deduction, the student must be a dependent of the parent or parents claiming the deduction.