Deduction

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March 6, 2020
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I paid $6,000 for my daughter's surgery, can I claim a deduction for this?

Anonymous

don't know. you have not provided enough information. your daughter must be a qualifying person and the expenditures must be a qualifying expense.

i've linked you to Schedule A instructions so you can review them to see if they qualify for you to deduct them as medical expenses.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sca.pdf

franko15Author

Level 2

My daughter is a full time grad student (age 27), who has no income, and therefore could not pay for her own surgery.

pk_

Level 15

@franko15 , your daughter ( does not qualify as a dependent child because of age ), if your home is her main home except for temporary absence(s), such as going away to school and has income less than $4400 ( I think ), can be your qualiying relative dependent. Once she is a dependent, you can claim medical expenses incurred/paid on her behalf. She also, if she has to file a return must show that she is a dependent of you. Here is something from the IRS that shows the requirements of a qualifying relative for dependency purposes :

https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/table_2_dependency_exemption_relative_4012.pdf

Hope this helps