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Overlooked Tax Deductions
These tax deductions and credits can mean big savings on your 2008 federal income tax return. But you may not know about them, especially the new ones. So before you send in your return, check out these write-offs and take the ones you're due. ...
Tags: Sales Tax, Income, Credit, Deduction, Income Tax, MoneyWatch, IRA, Personal Finance, Taxes, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Jill Schlesinger, 2008 Tax Return, Property Taxes, Child Care Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, Retirement Savings Contributions Credit, First Time Homebuyer Credit, Miscellaneous Deductions, Sales Taxes, Medical Expenses, Tax Credit, Roth IRA, Individual Retirement Account, MoneyWatch.com Editor-at-Large, Jill Schlesinger, MoneyWatch.com Editor-at-Large
Articles 2009-04-03
Wait! Don't File That Return Yet!
Hustling to ship off your 2008 tax return? Not so fast. Check out these often overlooked deductions, including some that are new for '08. A last-minute look could save you some money.Sure, you'd like to get your 2008 tax returns behind you. But while you have time — albeit, not...
Tags: MoneyWatch, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, IRS, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Sales Taxes, Medical Expenses, Tax Credit, Deduction, Roth IRA, Individual Retirement Account, Property Taxes
Articles 2009-04-03

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CHPA Urges Congress to Make OTCs Tax Deductible Medical Expenses
WASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association CHPA today called on Congress to once again allow American consumers to deduct nonprescription, over-the-counter OTC medicines as medical expenses. The Association issuWASHINGTON, June 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association CHPA today called on Congress to...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-06-02
S KOREANS FACE HIGHEST MEDICAL EXPENSES AMONG OECD NATIONS.
SEOUL, Oct 27 Asia Pulse - The medical expenses South Koreans have to pay from their own pockets annually are the highest among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD, highlighting the need for more ... SEOUL, Oct 27 Asia Pulse -...
Tags: OECD
Research articles 2004-10-27
Claim rebate for medical expenses.
Byline: Barbara Drury Jun 03, 2007 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australians are entitled to claim a tax rebate if their out-of-pocket medical expenses for a given financial year exceed $A1,500. The 20 per cent tax offset applies to medical expenses...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Taxes
Research articles 2007-06-03
More items qualify as medical expenses.
More items can qualify as medical expenses, thanks to the IRS. Folks with light-sensitive eyes can deduct the cost of sunglasses prescribed by a doctor, the IRS privately rules. Even though the glasses are non-prescription, their cost can be a medical expense if a...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service
Research articles 2000-11-24
Three Leading Insurers Sued for Medical Expenses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 19 -- A group of motorists who claim they were unjustly denied payment for medical expenses after being injured in automobile accidents yesterday sued three major insurance companies for $100 million each. The class-action suits, filed in...
Tags: accident, GEICO, Insurance, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Research articles 1999-08-18
New York-based Evergreen Bank to offer tax-free accounts for medical expenses.
By Kevin Harlin, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18--GLENS FALLS, N.Y. -- Evergreen Bank will offer new tax-exempt health savings accounts next year to help customers save for medical expenses. The HSAs are being rolled out...
Tags: Times Union
Research articles 2004-11-18
Stop-Smoking Expenses Are Now Tax Deductible - Brief Article
The IRS now considers the cost to kick the smoking habit as a legitimate medical expense and therefore tax deductible. The IRS defines a deductible medical expense as an expenditure to help treat or prevent a disease. Logic seems to dictate that if smoking cessation programs can prevent lung disease,...
Tags: FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes
Research articles 1999-12-01
MO Court of Appeals assesses penalty against Wal-Mart for not paying injured employee's medical bill
Wal-Mart's refusal to pay more than $20,000 in medical expenses for an injured employee means the company will now have to pay close to $60,000 as a penalty for noncompliance.Wal-Mart's refusal to pay more than $20,000 in medical expenses for an injured employee means the company will now have to...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 2005-02-08
Baby Boomers More Fearful of Gas Prices, Medical Costs Than Retirement
In a Harris Interactive survey of 1,000 U.S. adults 18 and older during Mar., it was revealed that more Baby Boomers are concerned about gas prices and uninsured medical costs than about retirement and other long-term expenses. The results of the poll, conducted for the AICPA, revealed that 51% of...
Tags: AICPA, Harris Interactive, MARKETING
Research articles 2006-06-01
Investing in Medical Savings Accounts.(Brief Article)
When Congress returns from its summer recess, it has a tremendous opportunity to do something truly innovative and helpful for the nation's uninsured: expand access to Medical Savings Accounts MSAs. MSAs replace traditional health insurance with a combination of a catastrophic health insurance...
Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2001-09-10
Retiree coverage under medical reimbursement plan.
Established a plan P that reimburses eligible employees for medical care expenses (as defined in Sec. 213) incurred by the employee and his or her spouse and dependents (as defined in Sec. 152). P reimburses only substantiated and otherwise unreimbursed medical expenses; employees have no right...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, reimbursement, Sec, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-11-01
Slash Your Medical Bills: 7 Ways to Haggle
Don?t be shy about bargaining over doctors? fees and hospital charges. Insurance companies pay a small fraction of the list price of medical procedures. You have nothing to lose, and lots to gain, by asking for a similar deal. Rising out-of-pocket costs have...
Tags: Bill, Hospital, Billing, Insurance Company, Health Care, Insurance, Price, MoneyWatch, Andrew Cohen, Access Project, Vimo, Hospital Billing Department, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Medical Bills, Doctor, Costs, The Access Project, Jeanne Lee, Healthcare Blue Book, CareCounsel, Health Advocate, Medical Billing Advocates of America, New Choice Health
Articles 2009-11-04
Exante Financial Services Helping Employers, Local Governments Pre-Fund Future Medical Expenses Through VEBAs
* VEBAs quickly becoming popular option for employers and local governments to cover future health care expenses for active and retired employees * Up to $1.5 trillion in unfunded health care liabilities among state and municipal governments MINNEAPOLIS -- Exante Financial Services, a provider of health-related financial services...
Tags: Benefits, government, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-12-13
Medical Management Transformation for the Payers & Health Plans Industry
Accenture works with clients to lower medical expenses, improve clinical outcomes for targeted populations and dramatically reduce non-value administrative costs associated with traditional medical management services. Many health plans are struggling with the issue of how to deliver better performance and value in the area of medical management. Most of...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers
CNA Addresses Medical Coverage Needs of Small Business; Benefit Value Indemnity Provides Small Employers with an Affordable Specified Medical Plan
Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 3, 2003 CNA announces an affordable way for small businesses to offer medical benefits to employees. CNA's Benefit ValueSM Indemnity for Small Business is a specified-benefit group medical plan that reimburses employees for incurred medical expenses due to sickness or accidental injury. Designed...
Tags: CNA Group Ltd.
Research articles 2003-04-03
Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice
As health care costs continue to rise, medical expenses have become an increasingly important contributor to financial risk. Economic theory suggests that when background risk rises, individuals will reduce their exposure to other risks. This paper presents a test of this theory by examining the effect of medical expenditure risk...
Tags: Expenditure, Medicare, National Bureau Of Economic Research, Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-12-01
Anti-stacking provision in policy's medical payment portion violated public policy
Ruckdaschel v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 948 P.2d 700 (Mont. 1997). The Montana Supreme Court held anti-stacking language in the medical payments portion of an automobile insurance policy violated public policy and was unenforceable. Here, Ruckdaschel, a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle and incurred medical expenses of...
Tags: accident, FINANCE, Insurance, payment, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Research articles 1998-05-01
Electronic Medical Records Key to Slashing Rising Healthcare Costs
The New England Journal of Medicine says the prices of prescription drugs have risen an average of 17 percent a year over the last few years. It's clear America's medical expenses are climbing and patients are footing the bill. But a new study offers detailed, solid proof electronic medical records...
Tags: The New England Journal of Medicine
Research articles 2005-09-15
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