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U.S. COURT RULES SEX-CHANGE OPERATION IS A TAX DEDUCTION
By: Keith Witchka, Staff Writer - 02-04-10 - 12:00 a.m. PDT
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(Photo courtesy of GLAD)
Just As consumers can take a tax deduction for their home office expenses and 1/2 of their business meals and lodging, American taxpayers can now take a tax deduction for their sex-change operations.Tuesday February 2, 2010, the United States Tax Court ruled that a Massachusetts woman can write off the $25,000 charge for her hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery because the procedures was medically necessary.
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Rhiannon O’Donnabhain, who was born male, sued the Internal Revenue Service back in 2007 after the agency had denied her the $5,000 deduction deeming the procedures “cosmetic.”
In an opinion that could have a far-reaching effect on transgender Americans worldwide, the Tax Court stated that it found the IRS’ argument “at best a superficial characterization of the circumstances” and one that was “thoroughly rebutted by the medical evidence,”.
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ABC World News Tonight reported that “Gender identity disorder" The U.S. Tax Court agreed and stated for the record that "It is a well-recognized and serious mental disorder,”. By the way, this was the opinion of the majority of the justices.
In the group picture above: GLAD Attorney Jennifer Levi (left), Rhiannon O'Donnabhain (center), and GLAD Attorney Karen Loewy on the first day of the trial.
