What can you count as medical expenses on your taxes?

There are some things that you can count on your taxes as medical expenses that you may not know about...

• home modifications for accessibility,
• childcare for your child with disabilities, 
• acupuncture, 
• chiropractor, 
• a medical conference (admission and transportation), 
• guide dog or service animal, 
• lodging if you used it while receiving medical care, 
• meals while inpatient, 
• osteopath, 
• tutor to help with mental or physical impairments, 
• telephone equipment for deaf/hard of hearing/or speech disability, 
• transportation for medical care

For a full list go to https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf  it starts on page 5.

In order for the medical expenses to count, it must add to a certain percentage of your "Adjusted Gross Income" which changes each year.  For example here were the rules for 2015...

You can deduct on Schedule A (Form 1040) only the part of your medical and dental expenses that is more than 10% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). But if either you or your spouse was born before January 2, 1951, you can deduct the amount of your medical and dental expenses that is more than 7.5% of your AGI. If your medical and dental expenses aren't more than 10% of your AGI (7.5% if either you or your spouse was born before January 2, 1951), you can't claim a deduction.