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Does expense for Depends for Dementia patient count as additional medical expenses?
Dementia patient is wheelchair bound and must use Depends. We spend over $2000 annual on those supplies. Is this part of Other Medical Expenses that can be deducted?
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June 1, 2019
10:01 AM
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Deductions & credits
According to the IRS guidelines, expenses for incontinence supplies may be tax-deducible if you can show they are needed to relieve the effects of a specific disease. The law is complex and general in guidance.
From IRS Publication 502:
Diaper Service
You can't include in medical expenses the amount you
pay for diapers or diaper services, unless they are needed
to relieve the effects of a particular disease.
I would suggest that you request a statement from the patient's physician regarding the need to relieve the effects of a specific disease.
June 1, 2019
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obviously a disease is involved. We're not talking about a newborn infant here.
June 1, 2019
10:01 AM