Can a child deduct medical expenses paid for my parents?

In certain situations, you can deduct medical expenses you paid for an individual who would have been your dependent except that: He or she received gross income of $4,300 or more in 2021; He or she filed a joint return for 2021; or.

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Many caregivers and their aging loved ones rack up thousands of dollars every year in medical expenses. Depending on the total amount you’ve spent on a loved one’s care in tax year 2021, you might be able to deduct some of those medical expenses on your taxes. This includes items and services not covered by Medicare, co-pays and deductibles, even the cost of gas used to transport a senior to and from doctor’s appointments. Even if you can’t claim your care recipient as a dependent, you may still be able to write off some of their health care costs and further reduce your tax bill. However, there are some criteria that must be met in order to take the deduction.

Claiming a Senior as Your Dependent

“There are a number of requirements that a caregiver must meet to deduct medical expenses for themselves and the person they care for,” explains Mark Luscombe, J.D., LL.M., CPA, principal analyst at Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting. First and foremost, the care recipient must meet certain support, income, relationship, citizenship and other tests to be claimed as a dependent by their caregiver. In certain situations, you can deduct medical expenses you paid for an individual who would have been your dependent except that:

He or she received gross income of $4,300 or more in 2021;

He or she filed a joint return for 2021; or

You, or your spouse if filing jointly, could be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s 2021 return.

How Much Medical Expenses Can Be Deducted?

“Secondly, the medical expenses must be of the type approved by the IRS as qualifying for the medical expense deduction,” Luscombe says. To qualify for the deduction, the total cost of your eligible unreimbursed medical expenses must exceed 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI). For example, if your AGI is $50,000, then the first $3,750 of medical expenses are not deductible. Any eligible expenses above this amount would then be deductible. If you incurred $4,750 in medical expenses in 2021, then you would only be able to deduct $1,000 ($4,750 - $3,750). This may seem like a high threshold, but consider the average costs of health care and long-term care in this country. According to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey, the median monthly cost for a mere 20 hours of home health care per week totals $2,340. In a year, this adds up to $28,080! The median cost of an assisted living facility is $4,500 per month, and a semi-private room in a nursing home is $7,908 per month. Most caregivers can easily reach their deduction threshold if they are helping an aging parent pay for long-term care services. “If all these requirements are met, a caregiver can get significant tax benefits from writing off their own medical expenses, those of their spouse, if applicable, and those incurred on behalf of the person they care for,” notes Luscombe.

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So, take the time to add up the amount of medical expenses you paid out of pocket during the year. If your unreimbursed medical expenses exceed your standard tax deduction, you’ll want to deduct those expenses on your tax return by claiming an itemized deduction on Schedule A (Form 1040). After inflation adjustments, the standard deduction for tax year 2021 is $25,100 for those married filing jointly, $12,550 for single taxpayers and married individuals filing separately, and $18,800 for heads of household. Keep in mind that blind taxpayers and those age 65 and older qualify for higher standard deductions. To see what your standard deduction is, visit IRS.gov to use the How Much Is My Standard Deduction? tool.

Examples of Tax Deductible Medical Expenses

Acupuncture

Bandages

Braille books and magazines

Capital improvements to your home to accommodate a disability

Car (the cost of special equipment so a disabled person can drive)

Chiropractic services

Crutches

Dental care

Dentures

Diagnostic devices (such as a blood sugar test kit for someone with diabetes)

Eyeglasses

Eye surgery

Hearing aids

Hospitalization

In-home health care (does NOT include custodial care services)

Insulin

Insurance premiums, co-pays and deductibles for health insurance, dental and eye insurance, and long-term care insurance (including Medicare Part B and Part D premiums)

Laboratory fees

Lifetime care fees (a percentage of fees paid under a lifetime contract with a continuing care retirement community) Long-term care services prescribed by a licensed health care practitioner for a chronically ill individual

Meals (while staying in a hospital or similar facility)

Nursing home and assisted living costs

Surgeries

Optometrist services

Oxygen therapy and related equipment

Prescription drugs and medicine (drugs from foreign pharmacies are not deductible)

Psychiatric care

Service animals

Stop-smoking programs

Therapy received as medical treatment

Transplants of organs

Transportation by taxi, bus, train, ambulance, personal car, etc. to receive medical care Weight-loss programs (if part of treatment for a specific disease or condition, such as obesity)

Wheelchairs

X-rays

For more detailed information on what medical expenses are tax deductible and how to deduct medical expenses on your 2021 income tax return, see IRS Publication 502: Medical and Dental Expenses or consult a tax professional.

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