Comments on: Tax deductions for gluten free food for people with celiac disease? http://www.glutenfreetips.org/tax-deductions-for-gluten-free-food-for-people-with-celiac-disease/ Giving you practical Gluten Free Tips to help you live life to the fullest Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: notaperviemusculargent http://www.glutenfreetips.org/tax-deductions-for-gluten-free-food-for-people-with-celiac-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-109 notaperviemusculargent Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:13:38 +0000 http://www.glutenfreetips.org/tax-deductions-for-gluten-free-food-for-people-with-celiac-disease/#comment-109 So sorry as I know this is very stressful. You MUST begin saving all your receipts. The IRS makes you subtract 7.5% of your adjusted gross income from your medical-health expenses; 10% when figuring alternative minimum tax. You should start a business and then the business related portion of the expenses become deductible. Now, you can deduct none of the expenses in the majority of instances. This is a good thing to get started in. You may have high health insurance premiums. In your situation, I am not sure, but it is certainly worth looking in to. You may be able to deduct quite a bit and 100% of the self-employed health insurance premiums are deductible if you have a business. So sorry as I know this is very stressful. You MUST begin saving all your receipts. The IRS makes you subtract 7.5% of your adjusted gross income from your medical-health expenses; 10% when figuring alternative minimum tax. You should start a business and then the business related portion of the expenses become deductible. Now, you can deduct none of the expenses in the majority of instances. This is a good thing to get started in. You may have high health insurance premiums. In your situation, I am not sure, but it is certainly worth looking in to. You may be able to deduct quite a bit and 100% of the self-employed health insurance premiums are deductible if you have a business.

]]> By: v b http://www.glutenfreetips.org/tax-deductions-for-gluten-free-food-for-people-with-celiac-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-108 v b Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:16:53 +0000 http://www.glutenfreetips.org/tax-deductions-for-gluten-free-food-for-people-with-celiac-disease/#comment-108 No receipts, no deduction. From publication 502: You can include the cost of special food in medical expenses only if: The food does not satisfy normal nutritional needs, The food alleviates or treats an illness, and The need for the food is substantiated by a physician. The amount you can include in medical expenses is limited to the amount by which the cost of the special food exceeds the cost of a normal diet. No receipts, no deduction.

From publication 502:

You can include the cost of special food in medical expenses only if:

The food does not satisfy normal nutritional needs,

The food alleviates or treats an illness, and

The need for the food is substantiated by a physician.

The amount you can include in medical expenses is limited to the amount by which the cost of the special food exceeds the cost of a normal diet.

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