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Transgender Community Claims Victory in Tax Court

4 February 2010

Nearly 10 years ago, Rhiannon O’Donnabhain (then Robert Donovan) underwent sex-change and breast augmentation surgeries in order to complete her transformation from male to female for a Gender Identity Disorder (GID). She claimed the costs of the procedures on her tax return as a medical deduction, arguing that the procedures were medically necessary and not [...]

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Plastic Surgery Takes A Tax Hit And Other Ramblings About the Health Care Bill

23 November 2009

Remember this post about taxing plastic surgery? Well, it appears that the Senate, in its effort to tax everything possible to pay for health care reform (you’re right, I’m exaggerating, not everything… health insurance companies will make out okay) is forging ahead with its plan to tax cosmetic surgery. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has introduced [...]

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Joan Rivers, Cher In Trouble: Congress to Tax Plastic Surgery

28 July 2009

You’re so vain, I’ll bet you think this blog is about you, don’t you? That’s because Americans spent $10.3 billion on 12.1 million cosmetic procedures last year. And Congress thinks it’s time to cash in. The Senate is currently considering imposing a 10% excise tax on cosmetic procedures which are not medically necessary. These would [...]

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