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Medical Expense, trip to visit a parent in the Hospital Salto Jorge 04-16-2007
Posted by Salto Jorge on April 16, 2007, 12:09 am
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 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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Posted by Phil Marti on April 16, 2007, 4:44 pm
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> Can the travel expense be deducted to visit an ill
> parent in the hospital ?

Sorry, no.

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Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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Posted by Dick Adams on April 16, 2007, 4:44 pm
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> 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.

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
7.5% of AGI (adjusted gross income) to make a dollar value
impact on your return.

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Posted by Bill Brown on April 16, 2007, 4:44 pm
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> 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.

You describe non-deductible personal expenses.

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