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Vasectomy payments
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
The costs of a vasectomy are deductible as a medical itemized deduction on IRS Schedule A subject to the 7.5% AGI limitation.
Smoking - nicotine gum or patches
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
Non-prescription medicines (over the counter), such as nicotine gum and certain nicotine patches, are not deductible.
Deductible medical expenses do include unreimbursed amounts you paid to participate in a program to stop smoking or for prescription medicines to alleviate nicotine withdrawal.
Deductible medical expenses do include unreimbursed amounts you paid to participate in a program to stop smoking or for prescription medicines to alleviate nicotine withdrawal.
Social Security and Medicare Taxes - Deductibility
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
In the current year, the Social Security and Medicare taxes that are withheld from your paycheck from your wages are not deductible by you on your tax return.
Charitable contributions - 5 year Carryforward
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
Individuals who make charitable contributions to charitable organizations in excess of the deductable 50%,30%,20% AGI ceiling for the tax year may carry this excess deduction forward for a period of 5 years.
Can I claim a moving expense for moving out of the US to Japan ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
Yes. A moving expense deduction is permitted in connection with a move outside the US or its possessions. An additional deduction is allowed for foreign moves for reasonable expenses of moving household goods and personal effects to and from storage and of storing them for part or all of the time during which the new place of work abroad continues to be a taxpayers principal place of work.
I live in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
If you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the Internal Revenue Service Center Kansas City MO 64999-0002; if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is Internal Revenue Service Center PO Box 105017 Atlanta GA 30348-5017
I live in Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Kansas City, MO 64999-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 970011 St Louis MO 63197-0011
I live in Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Fresno CA 93888-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 802501 Cincinnati OH 45280-2501
I live in Connecticut, Delaware the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Where do I file my 1040 tax return?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Kansas City, MO 64999-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 37008 Hartford CT 06176-0008
I live in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous userCPA Answer:
If you have an envelope addressed to the IRS with your mailed booklet, then use it. For the states of Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the Internal Revenue Service Center Fresno CA 93888-0002; if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is Internal Revenue Service Center PO Box 7704 San Francisco CA 94120-7704