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Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on June 29, 2007, 6:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I have a business assisting the elderly and persons with disabilities
> relocate and travel. I have read some of your past discussions
> stating the expenses to move someone is only deductible if job
> related. What about a person who has had a recent change in medical
> status and requires medical assistance with their travel? Most of my
> clients have been admitted into a hospital, rehab setting or long term
> care facility and family members now feel it is time to move their
> parent/s closer to them. Their final destination is usually some type
> of assisted living facility.
The costs associated with transporting the patient to the
new facility would be a medical deduction (Schedule A),
subject to all applicable rules.
However, the costs of moving their belongings is not
considered to be medically related. If not for employment /
work related, those costs are non-deductible personal
expenses.
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Paul A. Thomas, CPA
Athens, Georgia
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