Laura Saunders

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5,937 appearances 109 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · You Can Use Large Medical Expenses as a Tax Deduction, But There’s a Catch · 17 Mar 2023 podcast

If you support someone and you meet all the tests of a dependent, you would typically be a relative or a friend who lives in your house, an elder person. matched

And they meet all the qualifications of being a dependent, except they may have more than $4,000 of income a year. matched

In this case, if you pay their medical expenses, you can deduct them on your own tax returns. matched

Yes. matched

And people don't know that. matched

It's called a medical dependent and it's a very good thing to know about. matched

Well, I think that's a really important question to ask because the IRS's list, even though it's 10 pages long, is only just a sample. matched

You know, they're examples. matched

The law is very clear and there may be things that are not on the list that are allowed. matched

And we came across a tax court case. matched

where a woman took a $30,000 deduction for so-called energy healing for severe spinal problems. matched

And she'd been told that surgery could hurt her. matched

And the IRS rejected it, and she went to tax court, and she won her $30,000 deduction. matched

So there's leeway here in the law, and the judges can apply it. matched

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Thank you for having me.

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Why Some Married Couples File Taxes Separately · 7 Mar 2023 podcast

Well, it's not very common, the married filing separately category. matched

So it's not many people, but it's the only one that's been growing, and it's gone up about 50% in the last decade. matched

Thanks so much for having me. matched

Well, it's not very common. matched

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