Carroll, an unmarried taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of $100,000, incurred and paid the following unreimbursed medical expenses for the year:
|
Doctor bills resulting from a serious fall |
$5,000 |
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Cosmetic surgery that was necessary to correct a congenital deformity |
$15,000 |
Carroll had no medical insurance. For regular income tax purposes, what was Carroll’s maximum allowable medical expense deduction, after the applicable threshold limitation, for the year?
- $0
- $12,500
- $15,000
- $20,000