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Medical expense deduction

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I wear custom leg braces that cause me to have to buy $200-300 shoes that are xxxwide and way bigger than my normal shoe size at specialty wide shoe stores. Are these tax deductible? I know I would have to wear shoes regardless, but I can’t run to Payless or Walmart or even a retail shoe store for a shoe at a reasonable price, and they never go on sale.

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You can deduct the extra cost of the special shoes compared with what you would pay for normal shoes. You have to itemize your expenses and can only deduct a total of medical expenses greater than 7.5 percent of your AGI.

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Level 15

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You can deduct the extra cost of the special shoes compared with what you would pay for normal shoes. You have to itemize your expenses and can only deduct a total of medical expenses greater than 7.5 percent of your AGI.