https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-write-off-expenses-associated-with-building-a-red-light-sauna-therapy-panel-for-arthritis-can/01/3798004#M362432 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:00:25 GMT Anonymous 2026-02-24T15:00:25Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-write-off-expenses-associated-with-building-a-red-light-sauna-therapy-panel-for-arthritis-can/01/3798004#M362432 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:00:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-write-off-expenses-associated-with-building-a-red-light-sauna-therapy-panel-for-arthritis-can/01/3798004#M362432 Anonymous 2026-02-24T15:00:25Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-write-off-expenses-associated-with-building-a-red-light-sauna-therapy-panel-for-arthritis/01/3798685#M362491 <P>The cost of home improvements is not normally allowed as a medical expense deduction. &nbsp;Instead, home improvements are added to the cost basis of your home and may reduce your capital gains when you sell. &nbsp;Home improvements that are medically necessary may be taken as a deduction if they are a type of improvement that does not increase the selling value of your home. &nbsp;The IRS gives hand rails and grab bars as an example of improvements that usually do not raise the value of the home. &nbsp;I could not say for this type of therapy room. &nbsp;If audited, <U>you would have to prove it does <STRONG>not</STRONG></U> raise the selling value of the home. &nbsp;You might want to ask a real estate professional. &nbsp; You might have to split the cost (for example, if you add a sun room and then install medical equipment, the sun room might be a non-deductible improvement, assuming the equipment could be removed so a new owner could enjoy the sun room. &nbsp;But the medical equipment would be deductible.)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Then, you can deduct costs to cure or treat a disease or condition. &nbsp;There is some question over whether red light therapy actually works. &nbsp;I'm not qualified to determine that, so you probably need a letter of medical necessity from your doctor that specifies what condition(s) you have, how red light therapy will benefit you, and recommending a course of treatment, that fits with the equipment you installed.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:01:13 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-write-off-expenses-associated-with-building-a-red-light-sauna-therapy-panel-for-arthritis/01/3798685#M362491 Opus 17 2026-02-24T18:01:13Z