Zap-n-Jo Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Have you seen this?? http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspe...r-your-pet.aspx I think the intention is admirable, but what a mess this could create!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertranger Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Considering what it takes to raise and train a Service Dog I think it's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquilis Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 For service dogs, maybe. But do realize that, as written, it places the medical expenses of pets in a better place than human medical expenses; humans only get to deduct after spending 7% of their income on medical expenses, whereas this bill would have the pooly-defined expenses deductable right way. I think that, as written, this is bad law and bad policy. Not to say that he isn't onto something here, but it needs a serious rethink & rewrite before I'd call it a good idea. Meanwhile, there are a lot of other places where the same effort might make a much larger difference in the overal state of the nation, economy, and animal welfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc1963 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yeah, this is not going to fly. Seems as though an expensive pet year could get you a bigger deduction than you get for a human child - people are not going to buy it. I'd have to spend a LOT of my money on medical bills for myself before they'd let me start to deduct, so letting me deduct for my dog's bills is a big priority shift. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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