2013 REG : For Medical Exp use 10% or 7.5% of AGI?

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    yomomma
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    I’ve read in blogs here that we use 10% of AGI(not 7.5%) to calculate Medical Expense Deductions in the exam for 2013.

    If that is true, we don’t need to add back the excess of 2.5% that goes into Adjustments in AMT?

    FAR - 79
    AUD - 82
    REG - 83
    BEC - 77 Booya

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    Studying for REG right now also… that is my assumption also. That part of AMT calculation is now irrelevant.

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    #426443

    Correct, that adjustment is irrelevant if the taxpayer is under age 65.

    #426444
    mctaxes
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    As stated above, only if they are 65 and older would you have to make that adjustment for AMT:

    Straight from the IRS website:

    2013 changes to itemized deduction for medical expenses

    The rules are changing if you plan to itemize medical deductions on your 2013 federal tax return that you will file in 2014. It does not affect income tax returns for the 2012 taxable year filed in 2013.

    Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, you can claim deductions for medical expenses not covered by your health insurance when they reach 10 percent of your adjusted gross income. This change affects your 2013 tax return that you will file in 2014.

    There is a temporary exemption from Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2016 for individuals age 65 and older and their spouses. If you or your spouses are 65 years or older or turned 65 during the tax year you are allowed to deduct unreimbursed medical care expenses that exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. The threshold remains at 7.5% of AGI for those taxpayers until Dec. 31, 2016.

    Beginning Jan. 1, 2017, all taxpayers may deduct only the amount of the total un reimbursed allowable medical care expenses for the year that exceeds 10% of your adjusted gross income.

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    yomomma
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    Thanks for the very helpful information!

    FAR - 79
    AUD - 82
    REG - 83
    BEC - 77 Booya

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