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  • Idaho launches My School Choice website for Parental Choice Tax Credit program

    October 3, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – Oct. 3, 2025 – The State of Idaho today launched MySchoolChoice.idaho.gov, a new website supporting the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program. The site offers easy-to-use resources for parents, including a program eligibility checklist, to ensure families can quickly determine whether they qualify. The Idaho State Tax Commission administers the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program, […]

  • Extended deadline nears for filing income tax returns

    October 1, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — Oct. 1, 2025 — Time’s running out to file your 2024 Idaho income tax return. The Idaho State Tax Commission says taxpayers who qualified for an automatic extension to file must send in their return and full payment by October 15. “Taxpayers have submitted more than 992,000 individual income tax returns this […]

  • Advance payment, more info shared for Parental Choice Tax Credit program

    September 10, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – Sept. 10, 2025 – The Idaho State Tax Commission website now has information about the advance payment for the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program. The website also includes more clarification on expenses that might qualify, the age criteria for students, and that eligible parents and children must have lived in Idaho […]

  • More info now shared for Parental Choice tax credit program

    August 19, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – August 19, 2025 – The Idaho State Tax Commission has added more FAQs about the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program to its website, including examples of expenses that might qualify, a program timeline, and clarification that only full-time Idaho residents are eligible. Find the FAQs at tax.idaho.gov/parentalchoicecredit. The Idaho Parental Choice […]

  • New law means Idaho small sellers won’t have to charge sales tax

    July 17, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – July 17, 2025 – A new law took effect on July 1 that creates an exemption for qualifying Idaho small sellers, who won’t have to charge sales tax on sales they make in Idaho. Idaho law defines a “small seller” as an Idaho resident operating as an individual or sole proprietorship, whose […]

  • Get ready for the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program

    July 2, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – July 2, 2025 – Parents who want to be ready to apply for the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit should check out the Idaho State Tax Commission’s FAQs at tax.idaho.gov/parentalchoicecredit. The Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit is a new refundable tax credit program that provides nearly $50 million in state funds to […]

  • Nampa woman convicted of tax evasion

    May 20, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — May 20, 2025 — A former human resources generalist is on probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges related to a 2023 grand theft conviction for embezzlement. The Canyon County District Court sentenced Ashley Richards to 180 days in jail and 24 months of unsupervised probation for each of four counts […]

  • Bookkeeper from Hayden convicted of tax evasion, grand theft

    April 24, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — April 24, 2025 — A Hayden bookkeeper who embezzled money from her workplace is on probation after being convicted of state income tax evasion, perjury, and grand theft. The Kootenai County District Court sentenced Rachel Berger to 15 years in prison, with 10 years fixed followed by five years indeterminate. The court […]

  • Bonner County couple ordered to file delinquent tax returns

    April 17, 2025

    BOISE, IDAHO — April 17, 2025 — A married couple from northern Idaho has until May 5 to file delinquent Idaho income tax returns for two years in which their documented income totaled more than $982,000. Robert Henry and Angelina Henry of Sandpoint were ordered to file returns for 2021 and 2022 by First District […]

  • Need an extension to file your Idaho income tax return?

    April 11, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — April 11, 2025 — Can’t file your 2024 Idaho income tax return by the April 15 deadline? Pay enough of your total tax due by April 15, and you can get an automatic six-month extension. To qualify, you need to pay one of the following: 80% of the estimated tax you owe […]