Deductions & credits

You have to meet two difficult thresholds in order to deduct medical expenses.   Only the amount that is OVER 7.5% of your mother's AGI "counts" as a medical expense.   And then you still have to get over the threshold of her standard deduction in order to get an itemized deduction.

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