Sex Change Surgery Is Now Tax Deductible
By Jonathan Berr | November 10, 2011
http://moneyland.time.com/2011/11/10/sex-change-surgery-is-now-tax-deductable/The Internal Revenue Service isn't going to fight people any longer who want to deduct the cost of gender reassignment surgery from their taxes.
According to a so-called acquiescence filed earlier this month, IRS officials notified the Tax Court that it would abide by a 2010 decision that held that some medical expenses from such surgeries could be deducted. It also ends the nearly decade-long battle that Rhiannon O'Donnabhain, who was born male and fathered three children, waged against the IRS to deduct $5,000 in expenses she incurred to bring her anatomy in line with her gender identity. The IRS at first denied her request claiming the procedure was entirely cosmetic.
