Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2011
Abstract
The Tax Court held that payments made to an elderly woman's providers of personal care that she required due to her diminished capacity qualified as long-term-care services and were therefore deductible under IRC § 213(d)(1)(C). Lillian Baral was diagnosed with dementia by her physician in 2004. The court agreed with Baral's estate that the amounts paid to the caregivers for their services were deductible as qualified long-term-care services. Baral was chronically ill, and the care was medically necessary to protect her from threats to her health and safety, as determined by her physician. The court also held the amounts paid for physicians were qualified medical expenses.
Recommended Citation
Pannese, Danny. "Medical Deduction Allowed for In-Home Personal Use." Journal of Accountancy 212.4 (2011): 67-68.
