Tax Deduction?

Question

My child was injured in a car accident and my husband and I used a great portion of our saved leave time at each of our workplaces by staying at the hospital and taking her to medical appointments for her injuries. Is there any way to deduct this? If so, would it be a medical expense or casualty or what? Can someone help? I've searched every tax site that I can find and the tax software is of no help and I understand that going to the IRS local office will be quite a wait at this time of year.

Answer 1

Call the IRS tax law line: 1-800-829-1040

Answer 2

As part of the medical deduction - if you have enough to itemize - you can deduct mileage to and from all the appointments and hospital etc. It is deductable at the standard IRS rate - $.18 per mile fore medical in 2006.

Answer 3

The mileage would be deductible, as well as other unreimbursed medical expenses for your daughter, if you itemize and meet the limits for deducting them. But your time, and the use of paid leave because of the injury, is not deductible.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, no. Your expenses for taking her to the doctors' is not a deductible expense.

You can deduct the medical expenses, though, as long as you meet the minimum, I think they have to exceed 15% of your income or something like that. Read the instruction for Schedule C.

Hope your daughter recovers fully.

Answer 5

Fill out Schedule A and put in your unreimbursed medical expenses.

This link will explain what you can and can't deduct as a medical expense: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sa.pdf

In short, you can deduct practically everything.

Best of luck!

Answer 6

No - mileage and out of pocket money you spent are deductible