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My 32 year old daughter spent 5 months plus in the ICU at a hospital. we paid all her expenses and insurance payments. Is any of this a write off?

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March 27, 2025
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And yes I would do it all over again

Medical expenses and insurance can only be deducted for your daughter if she was your dependent for the year. You may be able to claim her as a dependent if you were paying all of her expenses for more than half of the year. If not then I'm afraid that you can't deduct anything for this expense.

Hope your daughter is feeling better!

@jmwalker1

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Hal_Al

Normally, you can only deduct the medical expenses you paid for yourself, your spouse, or your dependent.

There is one exception:

If your close relative cannot be your dependent because she had more than $5050 of gross income, but otherwise would have qualified as your dependent (basically that you & other family members provided more than half her support), then you can include in your deductible medical expenses any qualifying medical expenses you paid on her behalf just as if she was your dependent.

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NCPERSON1

@jmwalker1 and to be your dependent, since she is a close blood relative, there is no requirement that she live with you. So in this instance, as long as you provided more than 50% of her financial support during the year, she is your dependent for the purpose of deducting the medical expenses on your tax return.

Note that only the expenses that exceed 7.5% of YOUR income are deductible and you would have to itemize for it to have any value.

Despite what the 'expert' states, there is no requirement that you provide all her expenses for half the year. Rather, it's the opposite - you provide at least 50% of her expenses over the course of the tax year.