Are Adaptive and mobility medical items deductible?

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Are both adaptive and mobility medical items deductible as medical expenses? We do not qualify to use an FSA, so when things come up, we just pay. :(. Specifically, can we deduct things like a wheelchair for a handicapped person, a walker, a bed railing, etc.? Thank you in advance for your replies. We always itemize our returns.

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Yes, many adaptive and mobility devices are tax deductible as medical expenses. In general, a doctor must prescribe or order devices such as a wheelchair in order to treat a specific medical condition (i.e. not just for general health) to be deductible as medical expenses.

In addition, you must be itemizing your deductions on Schedule A instead of taking the standard deduction in order to take advantage of these medical expense deductions. The expenses must exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI).

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