Re: Re: GFCF Food & Taxes

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Donna,

My sister is a CPA and I asked her about that. She told me that the

only way some one could do it was to list it as medical bills if their total

medical bills are above 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. Also, you'd best

have receipts to back up what you claim because it will raise some eyebrows.

Also, I think she said something about reasonable alternatives. For

example, you don't have to have a $10 pack of hot dogs or other processed

meats when a chicken breast is naturally cfgf. I think that may limit it to

bread, fake milk and a few other things. You'd also have to have proof that

this is theraputic (that it is actually healing your child), not like just

avoiding casein and gluten because they are bad for your child. Know what I

mean? Otherwise, a low fat diet would be tax deductable because fat is bad

for you. I think proof that the diet is theraputic has not been accepted by

the mainstream medical community. She advised me against trying it. :-(

Hope this helps,

Pat in Ohio