Lapband and Taxes

Chris61 · April 17, 2006

Now that just about everyone has done there 2005 income taxes, we were wondering how well you did in deducting these expenses off your income taxes after your adjusted gross income of 7.5%? :clap2: <O:p</O:p

Did anyone use a combination of medical flex spending account and then deducted the rest off your income taxes?<O:p</O:p

Did you receive a larger refund than you expect because of the expense and was this able to help in paying off the loan you may have had to have surgery?

Chris in St. Louis

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TheWomanWithin · April 17, 2006

I have asked this question before but never got it answered:

Can you deduct the surgery etc off if you have your surgery out of the US?

Thanks

Chris61 · April 18, 2006

I do not see why you could not them off your taxes. A lot of people are starting to go to forgien places because surgery is much cheaper there than in the US.

Chris in St. Louis

ms_efflorescent · April 18, 2006

Based on current tax law they can be deducted as long as the surgery is medically necessary. It doesn't matter whether you had the surgery in the US or went elsewhere for it.

I deducted mine along with all other medical expenses last year that weren't already covered by my husband's reimburesment account plan (medical savings account.)

TheWomanWithin · April 18, 2006

great thanks!

I read all the info about the deduction when doing my taxes in Feb, no where did I see that it addressed my questions.

That was a deciding factor to refi our house; self pay and use the extra tax benefits of the refi and the surgery :confused:

NaturalBeauty · April 18, 2006

I self paid and used had my surgery in mexico. I filed this and other related expenses on my taxes for this year and it helped greatly. I am sure we received more back because of this expense. To bad I can't afford something else this year!