Nursing home expenses

Hi, Marion. Given the medical diagnosis, it appears to me that her nursing home care is fully deductible as a Schedule A item (subject to the 7.5% of AGI reduction).

Bill

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Assuming she pays it fully - as in no insurance reimbursement, LTC payments, etc......all of it should be Schedule A deductions as medical expenses, subject to the 7.5% floor as mentioned earlier. Add it in with any other medical / insurance expense she incurred.

This reminds me of my father who, towards the end of his life, spent some time in a very nice LTC facility.

One of the things he enjoyed saying to visitors was, "I hate being in this damned place, but let me tell you about my taxes."

-HW "Skip" Weldon Columbia, SC

Also I seem to remember the necessity of having a doctor's statement in file attesting to the necessity.

ChEAr$, Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA