Child with special needs school transportation!

[instocknow555]

"My child has special needs she goes to a autism school that doesn't provide transportation. We pay a 3rd party service to transport her to and from school which do provides OT, PT and speech. Can you we claim that transportation service on my taxes as a deduction?"

[bwa · Accepted solution]

Medical care includes deductions for transportation to medical care.  If the cost of the school is deductible, the cost of the transportation also would be. You can include in medical expenses the cost (tuition, meals, and lodging) of attending a school that furnishes special education to help a child to overcome learning disabilities. A doctor must recommend that the child attend the school. Overcoming the learning disabilities must be a principal reason for attending the school, and any ordinary education received must be incidental to the special education provided. Special education includes:

• Teaching Braille to a visually impaired person,
• Teaching lip reading to a hearing-impaired person, or
• Giving remedial language training to correct a condition caused by a birth defect.

You cannot include in medical expenses the cost of sending a problem child to a school where the course of study and the disciplinary methods have a beneficial effect on the child's attitude if the availability of medical care in the school is not a principal reason for sending the student there.

Medical expenses are under the deductions and credits tab.

[n0zor]

What form do I use to get the tution deduction for my special needs child

[bwa]

It would be an itemized deduction for medical expenses.  As noted in the above post, medical expenses are under the deductions and credits tab.  It would go on Schedule A with your other itemized deductions.