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

[richardfiorello716 at gmail.com]

Hi Venessa and list.
I unfortunately didn't see an address to reply to you privately.
Guide dog expenses can be deducted as medical expenses and your medical
expenses have to exceed 7.5% of income and only the amount above that amount
helps.  The bad news is that medical expenses no matter the amount are an
itemized deduction.  You initially have a choice of taking either a standard
deduction or itemizing.  You only start to benefit from guide dog expenses
if you itemize.  For 2023 the standard deduction for a single person is
13,850.00  Because you are legally blind you get a slightly larger standard
deduction.  This means that all your deductions, interest, contributions,
taxes and medical have to be larger than the standard deduction before you
can itemize.
Now if I have succeeded in confusing you you can contact me off list at
richardfiorello716 at gmail.com.
Richard 

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

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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