Re: ABA therapy and tax deductions

[Guest guest]

We paid our tutors based on their EXPERIENCE--so not all tutors made the same amount. Some tutors have a starting rate....We gave dollar raises after a specified time period if they were doing an exceptional job.

The easiest way for us was to pay all tutors EVERY Friday (or if they didn't come on Friday, the last day of the week that they came)...We kept a cash box stashed at home and a ledger to keep track of all payments.

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[Guest guest]

Here's how you can get it deducted.

Have a doctor/neuro/psychologist/teacher recommend that your child needs to

receive x number of hours of ABA therapy as part of his treatment for autism.

This would need to be dated for the year 2008. With this letter, all of the

hours and monies you paid for therapy can be deducted under medical expenses. I

think you can do this up to the age of 18 or 21.

I got this info from NAA-NEO's tax seminar a few weeks ago and I would be happy

to upload the file for everyone's reference in the files section. I am not an

accountant, so please check with someone who is, but this is pretty much what I

took away from the seminar and how we did our taxes....

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I would love to but I am not permitted to do this on the site.

It is already available on NAA-NEO's group, however, which you can join by

sending an email to NAA-NEOhio-subscribe . Once you signed up,

go to the files section and you will find the tax workshop handouts in the " Tax

Workshop Feb 09 " folder.

To learn more about NAA-NEO and our group, go to

NAA-NEOhio/

We are not intended to replace/duplicate parent support taking place on this

group ( ), but rather to provide additional information often sought out

by families.

Thanks! I hope this helped.