Medical Expenses
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Answer Tax QuestionsAcupuncturist payments
Asked Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by an anonymous user
The costs you pay for your acupuncturist are deductible as an medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A subject to the 7.5% limitation.
Medical Lab fees
Asked Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by an anonymous user
Yes. The medical laboratory fees are deductible as a medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A limited by the 7.5% MAGI limitation.
Hotel costs - cancer treatments
Asked Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by an anonymous user
Up to $50 for each night for each person is deductible for lodging expenses not provided in a hospital or similar institution while away from home to receive medical care in a hospital or medical facility related to a hospital.
The deductible amount is reportable as a medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A subject to the 10% / 7.5% MAGI limitation.
The deductible amount is reportable as a medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A subject to the 10% / 7.5% MAGI limitation.
Braille books -visually impaired son
Asked Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by an anonymous user
The excess of the costs of the braille books over the regular printed editions you buy for your visually impaired son are deductible as a medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A subject to the 10% / 7.5% limitation.
Child's medical expenses - living with divorced spouse
Asked Friday, December 15, 2000 by an anonymous user
A noncustodial parent does not lose the right to claim the child's medical expenses (health insurance, doctors, dentists prescription drugs etc.)as a itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A if both the custodial and noncustodial parent together provide more than half of the support of the child and either had custody for at least six months during the year.
Standard mileage rate - travel to Doctor's
Asked Friday, November 17, 2000 by an anonymous user
The standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:
23 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes,
56.5 cents per mile for business miles driven,
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
56.5 cents per mile for business miles driven,
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
Former employer- COBRA denial
Asked Monday, October 30, 2000 by an anonymous user
Continuing coverage rules apply to small employers who in the previous calendar year had more than 20 employees on a typical day. If your former employer had more than 20 employees on a typical day then your former employer can not deny you COBRA coverage because your wife has a group health plan.
COBRA is continuing coverage for health plans that is offered a employee upon his or her leaving a company.
Usually the COBRA coverage can last up to 18 months. Generally, The cost of the COBRA coverage will be paid by the employee.
COBRA is continuing coverage for health plans that is offered a employee upon his or her leaving a company.
Usually the COBRA coverage can last up to 18 months. Generally, The cost of the COBRA coverage will be paid by the employee.
Marijuana - prescribed by a doctor
Asked Tuesday, October 24, 2000 by an anonymous user
Even if the marijuana is legal under your state law, the cost of the marijuana that was prescribed by your doctor is not an allowed medical itemized deduction.
Nursing home costs
Asked Tuesday, October 24, 2000 by an anonymous user
Nursing home costs, including meals and lodging, are deductible as a medical itemized deduction, subject to the 10% / 7.5 AGI limitation on IRS Schedule A as long as the main reason for being in the home is to obtain medical care.
If the reason for entering the nursing home is not primarily to obtain medical care, then only the portion spent on medical treatment is deductible.
If the reason for entering the nursing home is not primarily to obtain medical care, then only the portion spent on medical treatment is deductible.