Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Off Topic - NPC No Porsche Content, NFC, - US Tax Question

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Larry. Sorry to hear of your loss. Same thing happened to me when my 23 
year-old son was killed on a motorcycle. The hospital and funeral expenses set 
me back around $10 grand. I paid for everything. Deduct it on my taxes? Hell 
no. I was proud to do it. I wanted to pay it for my only son as a final gesture 
of love and gratitude that I felt and still feel  for him. He wasn't just 
another tax exemption for me, HE WAS MY SON. Of course that's only the way I 
feel. Others may feel differently.
 
Yer pal, Bill Hilser
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: l02turner [at] comcast.net
To: red5hilser [at] aol.com
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 8:48 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Off Topic - NPC No Porsche Content, NFC, - US Tax Question


Howdy,
Tried to find this answer in the IRS database -
My mom lived with us for the last 10 years of her life (at one point we had 
my M-I-L here also - for about 10 m).  We provided care with the help of 
Hospice during the last 9 months.

She had no estate - basically a zero balance checking acct & no other 
assets - I was her executor.  I paid for her funeral out of my account.

Question is, can I deduct her funeral expenses?  I never claimed her as a 
dependent and when she passed away in Jan. 06 I paid around $5k for the 
funeral.

I guess I didn't have to pay for it, but *someone* had to.  I didn't mind, 
I'd do it again - I guess it wasn't manadatory but I'd like to use the 
deduction if appropriate.

Thx -

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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