Can the travel expense be deducted to visit an ill parent in the hospital ? We live in Colorado and my mother-in-law is in Tucson Arizona. My wife made the trip twice via airlines and we drove once. It can be documented that my mother-in-law was guest at the facility.
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Sorry, no.
-- Phil Marti Clarksburg, MD
You describe non-deductible personal expenses.
About the only way I can contrive your having a deductible expense is if you are responsible for you mother-in-law's health care. Even then you need expenses greater than
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