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Question: Is ELECTIVE egg harvesting reimbursable from Flex Spending?

IRS guidelines for Deductible Medical expenses and those reimbursable under section 125 of the Flexible Spending provsion state that fertility treatments (including IVF) are eligible if used to “overcome an inability to have children”. I have not been diagnosed with fertility and have not been trying to get pregnat, but I am wanting to extend my fertility by harvesting eggs and freezing them or resulting embryos (should I choose to fertilize before freezing) for potential use in the future.

I am at an age where fertility is generally accepted to be diminished but I have no medical evidence or diagnosis of infertility.

Answer: Basically anything that is elective is not allowed. In saying that, I can think of half a dozen exceptions, but this isn’t one of them.

I’d love to add to this, to offer suggestions of ways you might be able to finance this or get around tax, but there’s nothing. This just really doesn’t count under any of the rules.

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Question: Question Regarding How to Assess 10% Penalty on Early 401k Withdrawal?

I am younger than age 59 ½ but had to take an early withdrawal from a 401(k) plan in 2009 due to financial difficulties. I am trying to figure out how much of the withdrawal is subject to the 10% penalty associated with early withdrawal. Does the following statement from the IRS website (which lists one of the exceptions related to assessing the 10% penalty) mean I can exclude all of my withdrawal from the 10% penalty, or does it mean I can exclude only the amount by which I am over the 7.5% threshold for Deductible Medical expenses?

” . . . Distributions that are equal to or less than your deductible medical expenses, that is, the amount of your medical expenses that is more than 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. You do not have to itemize to meet this exception. For more information on medical expenses, refer to Topic 502″

Answer: Exclude only the amount OVER 7.5%

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Question: Are reiki healings tax deductible?

Reiki is a form of spiritual practice used as a complementary therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental diseases.

Could this be included in the Deductible Medical expenses (that are over 7.5% of the AGI)?
Why won’t it meet IRS requirements? What specific IRS requirement won’t it meet?

Answer: They are not FDA aproved medical treatments

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US prepares Deductible Tax expenses

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Prostitutes, cat food, trips to Africa: There are few limits to the expenses Americans believe should be tax deductible, but given the complexity of the tax code they may be forgiven. To file taxes in the United States is to enter a Byzantine labyrinth replete with pitfalls and potholes. The system is so complex that ahead of the tax deadline this April 18, tens of millions of …

Medical and Dental Expenses Tax Deductions