Does the IRS Still NOT allow hearing aids as medical expenses??

The subject line says it all, Does the IRS Still NOT allow hearing aids as a medical expense??

Reply to
hrhofmann
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You can include in medical expenses the cost of a hearing aid and the batteries, repairs, and maintenance needed to operate it.

This has been allowed for as long as I can remember and that's a long time. Possibly you are confusing the ability to even get a deduction for medical expenses unless you itemize deductions and have medical expenses in excess of 10% of AGI (7.5% if attained age 65) with the ability to deduct hearing aids specifically.

Reply to
Alan

Here's what IRS's Topic 502 - Medical and Dental Expenses - still says about hearing aids and some other things as a medical deduction: ...............................................

Payments for insulin and payments for drugs that require a prescription Payments made for admission and transportation to a medical conference relating to a chronic disease that you, your spouse, or your dependents have (if the costs are primarily for and essential to necessary medical care). However, you may not deduct the costs for meals and lodging while attending the medical conference Payments for false teeth, reading or prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses, hearing aids, crutches, wheelchairs, and for guide dogs for the blind or deaf Payments for transportation primarily for and essential to medical care..."

This has been the case for as long as I can remember. And I'm OLD.

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lotax

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