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

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Bill, 
    I'm really very sorry to hear about your son - there's no words of 
condolence suitable when a young son such as yours dies.  I wish there was 
something I could say that would help ease the pain but I think only time 
helps.  

    I was prepared to do the same - it was done and past history - then I found 
I owe almost $2k in taxes & have been looking for all deductions possible (& 
impossible it appears).  She was with us for 10+ years with the last 3 yrs 
totally bedridden.  If my wife wasn't an angel I'm not sure I could have 
managed the bathing, bathroom stuff, meals, etc.  My wife & I both promised our 
parents we wouldn;t let them go into a nursing home - they were from a 
generation where "nursing home" had a very bad conotation.   At one point both 
our moms were "living" with us.  Debbie's mom was comatose when she arrived - 
the doctor sent her home to die but once we got her off the dozen or so meds 
she came back (terrible doctor that she trusted).  As for my mom -   my brother 
& his wife were in the process of admitting her to a NH when we went and 
brought her home with us.  Not a pretty scene.  Mom was confused much of the 
time.

Sorry about the long story - 

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: red5hilser [at] aol.com 
  To: l02turner [at] comcast.net 
  Cc: Ferrari [at] Ferrarilist.com 
  Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:07 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Off Topic - NPC No Porsche Content, NFC, - US Tax 
Question


  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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