Tax deduction?

[shmily 424]

Has anyone asked their tax person if we can deduct all these Protein Shakes and Vitamins as medical necessity???

[Dolfinldy1 69]

<p>Has anyone asked their tax person if we can deduct all these Protein shakes and Vitamins as medical necessity???</p>

Haha. I was wondering the same thing!!! I've kept ALL my receipts, just in case. It adds up quickly.

[angelface811 100]

I was thinking about the same thing so...we did our taxes. I had tons of mileage (100 miles each visit about once a week), copays, medications etc. In order to deduct medical it has to exceed 10% of your total income. It use to be 7.5% but with recent changes (no comment) it was increased pretty significantly. So if you made $50,000 this year your costs must exceed $5000.

As far as writing off shakes and supplements typically if your Dr. writes you a script and you keep receipts you've got a good shot at writing it off. Also this year medical mileage is worth .17cents a mile if I'm not mistaken. I always keep my receipts but I have only been able to write off medical one tax year due to unforeseen huge dental expenses that year. You may already know this but many pharmacies are able to make a printout for individual patients and what they paid in prescriptions for the year. I hope this helps. ????

[shmily 424]

We live rural so we always track our medical mileage. This year we had over 7000 miles