[NAGDU] Income tax question That is related to blindness and Guide dogs

[Jackie]

It’s actually schedule a. That’s your itemized deductions. And the total of your itemized deductions has to be larger than the standard deduction or it’s not worth anything. Schedule a has a lot of stuff on it that can be deducted. Guide dog expenses go under medical. 

Jaclyn Schiemann

> On Apr 2, 2024, at 6:28 PM, Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> OK. Just talked with Jim Kutsch who used to be the CEO of The Seeing Eye. Turned out to be a good resource. What I know is that you have to itemize, and he believes that it needs to be at or above 10% of your income. You have to fill out a schedule B form rather than the standard form
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>> On Apr 2, 2024, at 6:21 PM, Jackie via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t know about blindness expenses, but guide dog expenses. Yes, you can deduct to a certain point. Expenses such as medical or other things that are required such as food to keep them working, can be deducted. It goes under medical expenses.
>> 
>> Jaclyn Schiemann
>> 
>>>> On Apr 2, 2024, at 6:13 PM, Christina Moore via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Vanessa,
>>> 
>>> I am by no means a tax expert or someone who has had the opportunity to
>>> take advantage of these tax offerings however I found a few useful articles
>>> that might answer your question from both the IRS itself and TurboTax.
>>> TurboTax "Tax Tips for the Blind":
>>> https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/disability/tax-tips-for-the-blind/L80haiutG
>>> IRS Publication 907 (2023) Tax Highlights for Persons with Disabilities
>>> (directs to several other publications):
>>> https://www.irs.gov/publications/p907
>>> I hope this helps in some way.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Christina
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> if anyone on the list is familiar with tax law, I would appreciate a reply
>>>> back. Am I understanding is that we can deduct our Guide Dog and blindness
>>>> related expenses on our income tax provided that the amount totaled is
>>>> around seven or 8% of our income or above that. Does anyone know if that is
>>>> correct? If it is, then that means that the gentleman who's been preparing
>>>> my taxes has been doing it incorrectly for years. A quick response would be
>>>> appreciated. Hope everyone had a good Easter. Or Passover.
>>>> 
>>>> Vanessa and the zoo
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