Scott P
02-10-2018, 11:28 AM
I always do my own taxes and usually it is a piece of cake for me, even when doing itemized deductions. You can usually search for everything on the irs.gov site. Here's one I can't find. The IRS phone puts you on hold forever, so I'm wondering if anyone has run into this.
Our medical out of pocket medical expenses were $64,463.04 for 2017. The issue is that I haven't finished paying for it all yet. I'm still paying the hospital to spread out two of the bills until 2/8/2019, while the others were paid for by year end.
I assume I can only deduct the payments to date vs. the total bill that is to be paid? I think this is the case, but since it's going to make a big difference on our taxes, I thought I'd ask.
I guess I can always have someone else do our taxes, but I'd hate to do that just for this one question.
Our medical out of pocket medical expenses were $64,463.04 for 2017. The issue is that I haven't finished paying for it all yet. I'm still paying the hospital to spread out two of the bills until 2/8/2019, while the others were paid for by year end.
I assume I can only deduct the payments to date vs. the total bill that is to be paid? I think this is the case, but since it's going to make a big difference on our taxes, I thought I'd ask.
I guess I can always have someone else do our taxes, but I'd hate to do that just for this one question.