Transgender Surgery is Deductible; Medical Coverage Coming

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Transgender Surgery is Deductible; Medical Coverage Coming
The Huffington Post
By Joanne Herman
03 February, 2010


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-surgery-is-of_b_447472.html


The United States Tax Court, in a decision reviewed by the full bench, has affirmed that medical treatments for Gender Identity Disorder (GID), including surgery and hormone therapy, are deductible medical expenses. The Court found that the Internal Revenue Service's existing position that such treatment is cosmetic in nature "is at best a superficial characterization of the circumstances that is thoroughly rebutted by the medical evidence."