@har34476 wrote:
Thanks to all for the above answers.
To add to the complexity: my wife and I are considering doing IVF in Colombia (the country, not DC), where she is from. If the payment is to a fertility clinic there, will I still be able to avoid the 10% penalty? Of course, I assume the rule stated above about >7.5% of incom.
Thanks,
Nick
Medical expenses paid for services outside the US are allowable if the expense would have been allowable inside the US.
For example, certain drugs may be available in other countries that are not legal in the US. Those drugs would not be allowable medical expenses even though they are legal in the country where you purchased them.
I don't see any reason that would disqualify IVF done in another country since that is legal in the US. The 7.5% rule still applies, of course.
