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Deducting medical expenses for my partner on my return

macman603 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:12:50 GMT

My partner and I are not married and each file single. I don't claim her as a dependent although I pay for more than half of her expenses. Her only income is social security, an IRA, dividends and capital gains from mutual funds. I pay her medical insurance and health expenses. Can I deduct the medical expenses on schedule A? If so, do I have to take her as my dependent.

Re: Deducting medical expenses for my partner on my return

DanP0428 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:03:16 GMT

You claim these expenses legally you will either need to take her as your dependent, if she qualifies, or marry her.

Re: Deducting medical expenses for my partner on my return

VolvoGirl — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:07:01 GMT

No. And it might not even be worth it to deduct. Do you itemize deductions or take the Standard Deduction? You can only deduct the amount of unreimbursed Medical Expenses you actually paid over 7.5% of your AGI. And then all your itemized deductions have to be more than the standard deduction to get any benefit (so you would only be getting the benefit of the amount that puts you over the standard deduction). And since the Standard Deduction is increased more people will not need to Itemize.

If you get married you get double the Standard Deduction as for Single.

Re: Deducting medical expenses for my partner on my return

macman603 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:20:17 GMT

I have enough deductions to itemize without her medical, so this would increase my deduction. I was a few hundred dollars short of the 7.5% without her and would be way over with her expenses.