medical miles ??

[ljwalters]

My opinion is no. but I have been wrong before.

Client racked up a lot of medical miles to visit and help care for an elderly aunt that had a stroke.

(Now she lives close and she still care for her)

Are these medical miles deductible?

[Guest Taxed]

No.

Medical Expenses Paid for Others

Deductible medical expenses include expenses paid for the taxpayer’s
spouse and for any person who qualifies as the taxpayer’s
dependent (for claiming an exemption), except that some of the
tests required to claim an exemption do not have to be met to
deduct an individual’s medical expenses.
Dependents, for deducting medical expenses, must be U.S. citizens
or nationals or residents of the U.S., Canada or Mexico and
the taxpayer’s:
• Child, foster child, stepchild, sibling, half-sibling, step-sibling and
any of their descendants, if that person met the following tests
for 2012:
–Was under age 19 (or under age 24 and a full-time student)
or permanently and totally disabled,
–Lived with the taxpayer for more than half the year and
–Did not provide more than half of his own support.
–For whom the taxpayer provided more than half the support
for the year.
Taxpayers can deduct medical expenses paid
for some individuals who don’t qualify as their dependent, such
as a parent for whom the taxpayer provides over half the support,
but the parent’s gross income exceeds $3,800 (for 2012) [iRC
§213(a)].

[Jack from Ohio]

No

[ljwalters]

Thanks had to check.