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Qualified Tax Deductions

QUALIFIED MEDICAL EXPENSES

Acupuncture is Tax Deductible as a Qualified Medical Expense

The costs of acupuncture and prescribed herbal medicine are indeed deductible medical expenses to the full extent of the law when performed by a qualified practitioner.

Acupuncture falls under the definition of a medical expense: "the costs of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of diseases, and the costs for treatments affecting any part or function of the body. They include the costs of equipment, supplies, and diagnostic devices needed for these purposes."

As a courtesy to you, we will issue year-end invoices for treatment costs accrued during the tax year. Please be advised, however that these invoice reports may take several weeks to process. So keep track of your treatments!

Expenses You Can Include:
Acupuncture Treatments:
You can include the amount you pay for acupuncture for you, your spouse, children and dependents.

Prescribed Herbs & Supplements:
Nutritional supplements, vitamins, Oriental herbal supplements and other natural medicines that are prescribed by an acupuncturist or physician as treatment for a specific medical condition that is diagnosed by a qualified acupuncturist or medical practitioner are tax deductible.

Transportation To Acupuncture Appointment:
The standard mileage rate allowed for out-of-pocket expenses for a car when you use it for medical reasons is 14 cents per mile for 2004. Bus, taxi, train and plane fares primarily for and essential to medical care are also included.

For additional IRS information about medical tax deductions:

http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc502.html

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf

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