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He has dementia. We have no long-term insurance.

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Who do you think is going to pay you?
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No one is going to pay me....it's what I can deduct on my taxes as a care provider. I just don't know how to figure it.
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Please tell us more about this. I've never done this before and I've been a care provider for over five years. Are you in the US?
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Sounds like you are trying to create a medical expense of someone's salary for taking care of your husband that does not have a paper trail of monthly payments or a 1099MIS for the year. Does not sound like it exists to me. There must be other medical expenses that you can claim that are documented. Who does your taxes?
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The eyes of IRS is you are the your husband's spouse. If you hired someone for your husband and you paid , yes it would be medical expenses, but not you....
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You are taxed on money you had/have. Money you don't receive is not relevant to your taxes, unless you are writing off a bad debt.
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Were you thinking of it as a charitable donation? I doubt that would qualify ...
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Nikki, you can't take this deduction. Doing so would be a red flag and then the IRS will audit the entire return. I'd rather face an angry raccoon than an IRS audit.
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