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by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

The case opens new ground in tax court.  The IRS itself has issued at least two separate rulings in other cases.

In a 2005 case, the IRS ruled the costs of a woman's gender reassignment surgery and related treatments were not deductible as medical expenses.

The IRS cited the section of the tax code that says cosmetic surgery or similar procedures are deductible only when they are needed to improve a congenital abnormality, an accident or trauma, or a disfiguring disease.

This will be interesting to watch to be sure.

Cindi

The only way for the court to rule to rule aginst her is based on political reasons.

The medical necessity is well-established.

Even if they rule against it, it will only be until a more sympathetic admin. takes office, and it will be overturned later. You cannot stop progress.

Back and forth and round and round....  First its okay, then its not, then its okay again, and again its not...  stoopid government...