Are adult diapers expense deductable if your purchase off the shelf. Her Doctor suggested she wear them.

[KatrinaB48]

The IRS only allows you to deduct the cost of diapers if you are doing so to relieve the effects of a particular disease. There is no requirement for having a written prescription. If the doctor has recommended the diapers for a disease that has caused her incontinence, then this out-of-pocket expense is deductible. Please view this IRS link for more information.

Note: You will need to itemize deductions to claim medical expenses.

[Bsch4477]

You would be on firmer ground to deduct that cost with documentation from the doctor that they are needed for treatment of a medical condition. The expenses would be an itemized medical deduction but you can only deduct an amount greater than 7.5% of AGI.