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

Tue Apr 2 22:56:34 UTC 2024

Hi Vanessa. Not being an expert I hesitated to weigh in here but what Jim says makes sense to me given my own discovery about this.
 If itemizing doesn’t make sense for you and the expenses don’t add up to enough you can’t deduct them. I investigated this myself at one point and landed in the same place you and Jim did. Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 2, 2024, at 6:29 PM, Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=intuit.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly90dXJib3RheC5pbnR1aXQuY29tL3RheC10aXBzL2Rpc2FiaWxpdHkvdGF4LXRpcHMtZm9yLXRoZS1ibGluZC9MODBoYWl1dEc=&i=NjI1ZDgxMTcwOTJkZmIxMTY4Yjg5YmVj&t=Wmg3ekJIdkE1T29vT0F4S05tYXdTdlhTcVVjSHQzbkVUUm9rbU5xbm40TT0=&h=59727e34f77c43d09a8db8a33aa6b520&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVbhg2ccKTTmDzPWPipY7ki5gHWxWWA-XVK0a7HioI1KmA
>>> IRS Publication 907 (2023) Tax Highlights for Persons with Disabilities
>>> (directs to several other publications):
>>> https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=irs.gov&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXJzLmdvdi9wdWJsaWNhdGlvbnMvcDkwNw==&i=NjI1ZDgxMTcwOTJkZmIxMTY4Yjg5YmVj&t=d2FZdVY4eXluU1pmeGZGTVBRbElhL2crQUhTblRGd0ZjLzJpbEtyRC9QMD0=&h=59727e34f77c43d09a8db8a33aa6b520&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVbhg2ccKTTmDzPWPipY7ki5gHWxWWA-XVK0a7HioI1KmA
>>> 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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