A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the special expenses incurred in maintaining a retarded or handicapped individual shall be allowable as a medical deduction without regard to the 3-percent floor.

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Introduced

15 January 1979

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction, without regard to the three percent of income floor, for medical expenses paid for a dependent who is mentally retarded or handicapped.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/581
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