Originally Posted by eshep3. I normally fly Continental, but got a great rate on Southwest and booked a flight to LAX. I would like to know how full the flight is. On Continental, I would just look at the seat map and see how many seats are empty. There is no such thing on Southwest.
If you're eligible to take the tax break, you can choose to claim elder care either as a medical expense or as dependent care. If your mother is your dependent, you are eligible to deduct elder care as either medical expenses or dependent care, subject to IRS rules on the nature of the care.
No. 1), the United States Tax Court. held that payments of almost $50,000 made. to an elderly womanâs caregivers qualified as. deductible medical expenses under the Internal. Revenue Code because the expenses were not. compensated for by insurance and the services. constituted qualified long-term care services as.