Re: How do you claim dietary expenses for SCD?

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice:

I don't do this myself as i find I don't have the time and wonder if the time

necessary to do this is worth the return on your investment.

However, I'd compare flour to almond flour. Skippy to the organic peanut or

other butters. Pricy olive/safflower or other oils to Wesson. White sugar to

Honey. Coconut oil or Spectrum Palm oil to butter or crisco. Organic spices to

plain. Any applegate products like hot dogs or cold cuts to a similar non scd

brand.

If you do this, I'm sure lots of people would like to know if it was worth the

time involved. I know I would!

Good Luck

Tracey

Janice Crabtree wrote:

Last year I kept meticulous records about the difference in price

between regular foods and GF/CF/SF substitutes. It is much more

difficult to keep records with this diet. Do others on this list keep

track of food expenses for tax purposes? If so, do you record the

difference in price between things like honey and sugar? What types

of things do you compare besides the obvious (almond flour!!! so

expensive).

Janice

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[Guest guest]

> Last year I kept meticulous records about the difference in price

> between regular foods and GF/CF/SF substitutes. It is much more

> difficult to keep records with this diet. Do others on this list keep

> track of food expenses for tax purposes? If so, do you record the

> difference in price between things like honey and sugar? What types

> of things do you compare besides the obvious (almond flour!!! so

> expensive).

>

> Janice

Does this help?

>

http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?

p_prodid=363 & p_catid=24 & sid=91hH9H1Ut7s4Aqv

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years

[Guest guest]

To claim expenses for diet, does one need to file a diagnosis with the

government first?

Carol Frilegh wrote:

> Last year I kept meticulous records about the difference in price

> between regular foods and GF/CF/SF substitutes. It is much more

> difficult to keep records with this diet. Do others on this list keep

> track of food expenses for tax purposes? If so, do you record the

> difference in price between things like honey and sugar? What types

> of things do you compare besides the obvious (almond flour!!! so

> expensive).

>

> Janice

Does this help?

>

http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?

p_prodid=363 & p_catid=24 & sid=91hH9H1Ut7s4Aqv

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years

Summer's Family, SCD 08/04 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/openblooms/

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[Guest guest]

> To claim expenses for diet, does one need to file a diagnosis with the

> government first?

Here in Canada,yes, a celiac diagnosis is required.

The irony is I never was tested and to do so I believe one must be

eating illegals. I have a letter from my doctor saying I have followed

a diet for celiac symptoms, but I decided not to request a tax

deduction as I bake infrequently and nut flour is the most costly

celiac substitution.

>

>

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years

[Guest guest]

>

> To claim expenses for diet, does one need to file a diagnosis with

the government first?

>

>

We did not file a dx w/ the government. Our medical records are full

of dxs, labs and such, so that if we were audited we could easily

prove the medical conditions exist. We have yet to be audited and

have claimed these expenses for 3 years.

Janice

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice,

I am in an Multiple Chemical Sensitivities group. There was some

information given on how to cover expenses. The taxes were filed by this

person, she was audited, and won!

I am not ready to do it yet, but plan to start next year or at least in

August of '06.

Please be prepared for the IRS to fight you, but as long as you have a

diagnosis and can prove you need these foods, you might be fine, I am no tax

person!

Here is the info I have:

REFERENCES:

Theron G. Randolph & Janet M. Randolph

Vs.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue

67TC No 35, Dec. 16, 1977

Standard Federal Tax Reports

Vol. 64:1 p.5

December 22, 1976

Wall Street Journal

Dec. 22, 1976, p.1

Kiplinger Tax Letter

Vol. 52:1, p.3

January 7, 1977

1977 Tax Court Decision

CCH,, Para 7252, December 22, 1976

Money Magazine

February 1977, p.108

Standard Federal Tax Reports

Vol. 64:10, p.4, February 16, 1977

Medical Expenses & Income Tax, Sylvia Porter

3 of 7 Columns; San Francisco Chronicle, March 1977

The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Is Delivery by Caesarean Section a Risk Factor for food Allergy

August 2003, p. 420-426, Dr. Merete Eggesbo, Dr. Botten, Dr. Stigum

Vol. 112 (2)

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Janice Crabtree wrote:

Last year I kept meticulous records about the difference in price

between regular foods and GF/CF/SF substitutes. It is much more

difficult to keep records with this diet. Do others on this list keep

track of food expenses for tax purposes? If so, do you record the

difference in price between things like honey and sugar? What types

of things do you compare besides the obvious (almond flour!!! so

expensive).

Janice