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Woman Says Sex-Change Tax Battle Also Helps Others

Started by Shana A, February 04, 2010, 07:27:42 AM

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February 04, 2010, 07:27:42 AM
Woman Says Sex-Change Tax Battle Also Helps Others

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 3, 2010

Filed at 6:41 p.m. ET

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/03/business/AP-US-Sex-Change-Taxes.html?_r=1

BOSTON (AP) -- A woman who battled the IRS over a tax deduction for the costs of her sex-change operation says she feels like she won a victory for all transgender people.

Rhiannon O'Donnabhain (oh-DON'-oh-vin), who was born a man, sued the Internal Revenue Service in 2007 after the agency rejected a $5,000 deduction for about $25,000 in medical expenses associated with the sex-change surgery, finding it was a cosmetic procedure and not medically necessary.
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