Sex Change Tax Dispute Draws Suit Woman's $25,000 Deduction for Operation Denied by Irs
Augusta Chronicle, The › July 20, 2007
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BOSTON - After a tormented existence as a father, a husband, a Coast Guardsman and a construction worker, a 57-year-old suburban Boston man underwent a sex-change operation. Then she wrote off the $25,000 in medical expenses on her taxes.
But the IRS disallowed the deduction - ruling the procedure was cosmetic, not a medical necessity - in a potentially precedent- setting dispute now before the U.S. Tax Court.See the full content of this document
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Sex Change Tax Dispute Draws Suit Woman's $25,000 Deduction for Operation Denied by Irs
Rhiannon O'Donnabhain is suing the IRS in a case advocates for the transgendered are hoping will ...
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