Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Oh taxes...

Did you know that the following things are tax deductible?


Pregnancy tests
Birth Control


Fertility Enhancement! (YES)


Unfortunately the following is NOT tax decuctible:


Costs of Adoption


Even worse, the following IS tax decuctible:


Costs of Abortion


Something is wrong with this picture.


We should alert lawmakers.


Hopefully in the future, I will be writing a blog post and those two will be switched!
Oh taxes...

3 comments:

Bridget said...

Wow. I had to do a double take on that one. AHHHH!!! how awful. So does that mean if I get HIV or any other STD I can deduct medical treatment for that too?!

Tamara ViAnn said...

I'm not sure I follow.

There isn't a deduction but there IS an adoption tax credit and it's 13K now. A credit is definitely better than a deduction any day (granted as long as one is paying taxes. The credit doesn't help much if you don't pay out in taxes). We got a huge refund the year after our daughters finalization and it helped immensely. Good luck!

Malachi and Layne said...

Even worse is that under MOST medical insurance (mine included) Birth control, abortion and getting your tubes tied are covered- Anything to do with fertility treatments, including endometriosis are NOT covered! Whatever!