Medical
expenses are deductible to the extent they exceed 7.5% of a taxpayer’s
Adjusted Gross Income.Some eligible
expenses for this purpose include:
-Abortion
(where legal)
-Acupuncture
-Adoption
(medical costs of adopted chilled)
-Birth
control pills
-Chiropractic
care
-Contact
lenses
-Cosmetic
surgery (only if necessary)
-Dental
fees and dentures
-Doctors’
fees
-Drug
addiction recovery costs
-Drugs
(only prescription medicine)
-Glasses
-Hospital
care
-Insurance
(health and accident)
-Nursing
home and nursing services for medical reasons
-Psychiatric
care
-Sexual
dysfunction treatment costs
-Smoking
addiction treatment program costs
-Vasectomy
(only legal)
-Weight
loss program (only for treatment of specific diseases)
-X-rays
This
is a partial list; contact us for more detailed information.
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