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Health Care Tax Deductions
Medications
Keep tabs on monthly medications. All of the
 following can be deducted:
•   Prescriptions
•   Birth control pills
•   Insulin
•   Over-the-counter drugs with a doctor’s prescription
•   Vitamins or supplements with a doctor’s prescription
Visits with Health Care Providers
You can deduct any out-of-pocket costs
 from:
•   Dental visits
•   Doctor visits
•   Eye exams
•   Surgery and hospital care
•   Lab fees
•   Treatments and examinations.
Oral Health Care
Any time you get a dental treatment, you can
deduct it from your taxes.
This includes:
• Artificial teeth
• Treatments
• Cleanings
Visual Services
• Contact lenses
• Glasses
• Eye Surgery
• Braille books and magazines for visually impaired when cost
  is more than regular printed versions
• Special education for teaching Braille to visually impaired
  person
Alternative Treatments
Seek the following treatments as an alternative
or supplement to treat a medical condition and
you can deduct the costs:
•   Acupuncture (for medical reasons)
•   Chiropractic treatment (for medical reasons)
•   Therapy
•   Psychologists, psychiatric care
•   Christian Science Practitioner
Medical Equipment
Sometimes a condition requires medical
equipment.
A few examples of what is tax-deductible:
•   Hearing aids
•   Crutches
•   Wheelchairs
•   Oxygen
•   Artificial Limbs
Monthly Premiums
Figuring out whether you can deduct your
premiums can be tricky. For those with
employer group coverage, this typically
doesn’t apply to you:
• Medicare Part A, B and D premiums
• COBRA premiums
• Monthly premiums for self-employed
Reproducing or Preventing It
Whether you want to reproduce or
prevent it, the following are deductible:
•   Breast pumps
•   Birth control pills
•   Abortion
•   Fertility Enhancement
•   Pregnancy Test Kit
•   Sterilization
•   Vasectomy
Mental Health
Improve your mental health and deduct the
out-of-pocket costs for:
•   Psychiatric care
•   Psychoanalysis
•   Psychologist
•   Smoking cessation programs
•   Treating alcoholism and drug addiction
Transportation
When traveling for medical services, the
costs can get expensive. You can deduct the
following:
• Cost of a trip for receiving medical services
• Up to $50 per night for lodging
• Amount paid for transportation to receive medical care
  (bus, taxi, train, plane fares or ambulance services)
• Parking fees, tolls and reimbursement for a portion of fuel
  costs
What Health Care Services
 Aren’t Tax Deductible?
Medications
Non-deductible health care expenses:
• Over-the-counter medications without a prescription
• Vitamins or supplements without a prescription
• Medications from another country
Paying for Health Care with a
     Medical Savings Account
Many consumers now use FSA and HSA funds to
pay for out-of-pocket health care costs. If you pay
for a medical service with a HSA or FSA, you
cannot deduct the medical service.
Why? You are already receiving pre-tax and tax
deductible benefits from the FSA and HSA.
What else is non-deductible?
• Vacations, it may improve your level of happiness but you
  can’t deduct these expenses.
• Gym or spa memberships
• Teeth whitening
• Cosmetic surgery (unless it is to repair a deformity from an
  accident or condition)
• Weight loss programs (unless prescribed to treat a diagnosed
  condition)
• Medical marijuana (not a federal deduction)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
       VISIT
 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-
         pdf/p502.pdf

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Health Care Deductions for 2011

  • 1. Health Care Tax Deductions
  • 2. Medications Keep tabs on monthly medications. All of the following can be deducted: • Prescriptions • Birth control pills • Insulin • Over-the-counter drugs with a doctor’s prescription • Vitamins or supplements with a doctor’s prescription
  • 3. Visits with Health Care Providers You can deduct any out-of-pocket costs from: • Dental visits • Doctor visits • Eye exams • Surgery and hospital care • Lab fees • Treatments and examinations.
  • 4. Oral Health Care Any time you get a dental treatment, you can deduct it from your taxes. This includes: • Artificial teeth • Treatments • Cleanings
  • 5. Visual Services • Contact lenses • Glasses • Eye Surgery • Braille books and magazines for visually impaired when cost is more than regular printed versions • Special education for teaching Braille to visually impaired person
  • 6. Alternative Treatments Seek the following treatments as an alternative or supplement to treat a medical condition and you can deduct the costs: • Acupuncture (for medical reasons) • Chiropractic treatment (for medical reasons) • Therapy • Psychologists, psychiatric care • Christian Science Practitioner
  • 7. Medical Equipment Sometimes a condition requires medical equipment. A few examples of what is tax-deductible: • Hearing aids • Crutches • Wheelchairs • Oxygen • Artificial Limbs
  • 8. Monthly Premiums Figuring out whether you can deduct your premiums can be tricky. For those with employer group coverage, this typically doesn’t apply to you: • Medicare Part A, B and D premiums • COBRA premiums • Monthly premiums for self-employed
  • 9. Reproducing or Preventing It Whether you want to reproduce or prevent it, the following are deductible: • Breast pumps • Birth control pills • Abortion • Fertility Enhancement • Pregnancy Test Kit • Sterilization • Vasectomy
  • 10. Mental Health Improve your mental health and deduct the out-of-pocket costs for: • Psychiatric care • Psychoanalysis • Psychologist • Smoking cessation programs • Treating alcoholism and drug addiction
  • 11. Transportation When traveling for medical services, the costs can get expensive. You can deduct the following: • Cost of a trip for receiving medical services • Up to $50 per night for lodging • Amount paid for transportation to receive medical care (bus, taxi, train, plane fares or ambulance services) • Parking fees, tolls and reimbursement for a portion of fuel costs
  • 12. What Health Care Services Aren’t Tax Deductible?
  • 13. Medications Non-deductible health care expenses: • Over-the-counter medications without a prescription • Vitamins or supplements without a prescription • Medications from another country
  • 14. Paying for Health Care with a Medical Savings Account Many consumers now use FSA and HSA funds to pay for out-of-pocket health care costs. If you pay for a medical service with a HSA or FSA, you cannot deduct the medical service. Why? You are already receiving pre-tax and tax deductible benefits from the FSA and HSA.
  • 15. What else is non-deductible? • Vacations, it may improve your level of happiness but you can’t deduct these expenses. • Gym or spa memberships • Teeth whitening • Cosmetic surgery (unless it is to repair a deformity from an accident or condition) • Weight loss programs (unless prescribed to treat a diagnosed condition) • Medical marijuana (not a federal deduction)
  • 16. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs- pdf/p502.pdf