Someone has it out for me

I think someone has it out for me. First I found croutons in my salad on Friday night, and now the young men accidental gave us regular bread instead of our gluten free, at sacrament. Hailey and I are dieing!! I'm never going to get un glutened at this rate.

Tax Deductions for Celiacs

Tax Deductions for Celiacs
TAX DEDUCTION GUIDE FOR THOSE WITH CELIAC DISEASE

If you or one of your dependents has celiac disease and you itemize your deductions, the extra costs due to gluten-free dietary restrictions may be taken as a medical expense.

Gluten-Free Food and Travel Expense

1.You may deduct the cost of Gluten-Free (GF) food that is in EXCESS of the cost of the gluten containing food that you are replacing. For example, if a loaf of gluten-free bread costs $5.00 and a comparable loaf of gluten containing bread costs $2.50, you may include in your medical expenses the excess cost of $2.50.
2.The full cost of special items needed for a GF diet may be deducted. An example is the cost of XANTHAN GUM (methyl cellulose) used in GF home baked items, which is completely different than anything used in a standard recipe.
3.If you make a special trip to a specialty store to purchase GF foods, the actual cost of your transportation to and from the store is deductible. If you used your vehicle for the trip during the year 2010, you may deduct 16.5 cents per mile for 2010. If you use your vehicle for this purpose during 2011, you may deduct 19 cents per mile. You may include tolls and parking fees.
4.The full cost of postage or other delivery expenses for GF foods made by mail order are deductible.
If you are audited you may need a letter from your doctor indicating that you have Celiac Disease and must adhere to a Gluten-free diet for life. You will also need substantiation of the expenses in the form of receipts, cash register tapes or cancelled checks for your GF purchases and a schedule showing how you computed your deductions for the GF foods.

The total amount of your deduction for GF foods should be added to your other medical expenses that are reported on Schedule A of your form 1040. Do not include your doctor's letter, your receipts or your schedule showing how you computed your deduction. Save these documents which should be submitted only in the event you are audited by the IRS or your state's taxing authority.

Please consult your tax preparer when calculating your deductions, and refer them to the publication below. If you are audited and the auditor tells you that these items are not deductible, refer the auditor to the following:

IRS Publication 502
Revenue Ruling 55-261
Revenue Ruling 76-80
Cohen 38 TC 387
67 TC 481
Fleming TC MEMO 1980 583
Van Kalb TC MEMO 1978 366

Medical Education Expense

IRS Publication 502 provides that "...you may include expenses for admission and transportation to a medical conference relating the chronic disease of yourself, your spouse, or your dependent (if the costs are primarily for and essential to the medical care)." This has been ruled to include the registration of yourself, your spouse and your celiac dependent. However, you may not deduct the costs for meals and lodging while attending the medical conference.

For the final determination for what is tax deductible, refer to IRS ruling 2000-24 and IRS Publication 502.

The worksheet will assist you in keeping track of your GF foods, travel or medical education expenses.

Tax Deduction Worksheet

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Tax Deductions for Celiacs

Addy E's Birthday Party

Our friends the Evangelesta's littlest is having her birthday and she's having a princess party so the girls were dressing up as princess's and boys were dressing up as knights. This is Hailey's first party since the celiac diagnosis. So she enjoyed decorating some gluten free muffins for me and her so we would have a treat too.




Hailey bonding with Addy's grandma, Benners enjoying his cupcake.

Jacob decorating his cupcake.

The birthday girl and her super cool cake that her mom made. How fun is that. My mom had a cake like that when she was little.

Hailey and Celiacs Disease

We received Hailey's test results back and The Dr. said her intestinal tissues show differences compared to normal tissue, which are consistent with Celiacs Disease. Because of these results and the fact that I have it too, she said there is a strong likelihood that Hailey has Celiacs as well. She wants us to take her off of the gluten for 2 months and if it helps her problems then we have our answer. So Hailey will be eating a Gluten free diet with me for the next 2 months. We were going to wait until after Christmas but while she was sick with the stomach bug we gave her gluten a couple of times and it made her so much sicker. So I have 2 favors to asks 1 that you be sensitive to what you say to her yes some of the gluten free food does not taste good, but she is stuck eating it she does not need reminded it does not taste as good as what you have. and 2 if you could be sensitive to her needing special items. I would hate for her to have to sit and watch everyone eat a cupcake or eat cookies while she has nothing. I usually have some kind of gluten free goodies in my freezer and I can also go to Fry's or the gluten Free store if you let me know what you have planned. If you could keep our sweet girl in your prayers I hope this is an easy transition. She is very sad that she can't have Grandma Noodles (Ramon Noodles) but she is very happy that she never has to eat Pizza again. I will keep you up to date on how it goes. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them. I am open about the subject.

Some Celiac

Any body who is interested in what I live with every day


http://www.healthystyleny.com/2010/01/gluten-free-understanding-celiac-disease/

National Celiac Awareness Day

September 13 is National Celiac Awareness Day.

The first annual Celiac Disease Awareness Day Resolution was passed in 2006 by the United States Senate (Resolution 563). This bill, sponsored by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, instigated by one of his staff members with celiac disease and co-sponsored by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, made September 13, 2006 National Celiac Disease Awareness Day. The bill has passed each year since 2006, keeping the September 13th date.

What is the significance of September 13? That is the date of Samuel Gee’s Birthday in 1839, who is credited with finding the link between celiac disease and diet. Gee felt that “if the patient can be cured at all, it must be by means of diet.”

The resolution wording includes:

Resolved, That the Senate–

(1) designates September 13, 2010, as `National Celiac Disease Awareness Day’;

(2) recognizes that all people of the United States should become more informed and aware of celiac disease;

(3) calls upon the people of the United States to observe National Celiac Disease Awareness Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and

(4) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Celiac Sprue Association, the American Celiac Society, and the Celiac Disease Foundation.