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I received an email with another reference and thought I would share it.  I
have cut snipped and deleted some of the comments, not that they were not
worthy.

From the IRS revised ruling on April 3, 2002 (IRS PUB RR-02-19)
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-02-19.pdf
Rev. Rul. 55-261, 1955-1 C.B. 307, holds that medical care
includes the cost of special food if

(1) the food alleviates or treats an illness,

(2) it is not part of the normal nutritional needs of the taxpayer, and

(3) the need for the food is substantiated by a physician.
   However, special food that is a substitute for the food the
   taxpayer normally consumes and that satisfies the taxpayer's
   nutritional needs is not medical care.


*  From the sender of the info...Medical expenses are only deductible if they
are specifically
prescribed by your doctor. If you were medically required to go
on a low fat diet (due to dangerous obesity for example) - the
special food would not be deductible. If you were medically required
to go on a special liquid diet with monitoring and got a prescription
for the liquid diet (not slim fast, but the real programs),then it might
be deductible. Gluten free food is handled the same way. If your
doctor writes you a prescription for "5 boxes bi-aglut pasta"
then you might be able to deduct the cost for those boxes.

The way the IRS sees it - you don't have to buy special food.
You can eat things that are naturally gluten free, like rice,
fresh fruits and veggies and such. The IRS doesn't see gluten-free
bread as a medical necessity *  End of quotes and very well said.

Looking at number two, I suppose gluten is not a needed part of my diet,
maybe if it were water or vitamin A it would be a nutritional need, but it is
a nutritional poison.

Number three...having a GF hot dog bun when I can roll it up in a corn shell
is not medical care, it is a substitute.  Sigh.  Okay.  I don't need special
food I just need to avoid some things and never eat them again ever.

As a person with a disability (physical) I am so glad the Tax people did not
write the American's with Disabilities Act.  I'd be parking where evera  spot
was open, I wouldn't be able to shop at all and I would probably be
euthanized at my local E. R. the next time I showed up in trouble.

I just want to go where everyone else has gone before.  I guess it doesn't
include food.

Thanks all of you who have replied.  Some said why bother.  Some echoed my
problem and some were successful.




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