Top 7 Often-Overlooked Tax Deductions for Retirees

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4. Deduct Medicare Premiums

If you become self-employed after leaving your job, you might be eligible for a tax deduction that allows you to write off the premiums you pay for Medicare Part B and D, as well as the cost of a Medicare Advantage plan or the cost of supplemental Medicare policies.

You don’t have to itemize, nor do you have to pass the 7.5%-of-AGI test requested for itemized medical expenses to get the advantage of this tax deduction.

One important note: You can’t benefit from this deduction if you qualify for coverage under health insurance obtained either through your employer or your spouse’s employer.

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  1. Hello,
    I am retired. I am helping my disabled son I have a driver license but I have no car because cannot afford a car. My only income is Social Security and $300 for food stamps. For my son and myself. Housing is my biggest issue we live in a unit with a attached garage, It was a dog house. I need to know how I can save money make money.

    1. Kathy can you be a caregiver for seniors? there is a huge need out there for honest and compassionate people to help seniors in their homes. some CNA courses are consolidated and affordable you might not even need one for domestic chores maybe work 4 hours per day so you don’t get worn out?

  2. I am now 65 and the government has done so much wrong i can not even begin to think about retirement. This is so sad. Looked forward to the day with pride my whole life. Began working in the fields with my dad when I was a kid. First real job 15. Been working my ass off for 50 years. The politicians don’t care. They have it made by taking our money.

    1. I am truly sorry William & I get it. I’m a retired school bus drover. Retired only because I had literally broke my back, I didn’t make it retirement age. I have a son that’s on the autistic spectrum whose father he never met. He was a Vietnam vet, who came home physically, not mentally. He was hit & killed by kids drag racing.
      This government never gave him or his son the SS or VA benefits they were entitled to. Worked my fingers to the bone. I finally won the SS benefits where 3 lawyers couldn’t (my son was just a number), VA I’m still working on. I just don’t have another 32 years to fight. That’s how long it took to win. Absolutely ridiculous. But let an illegal come in & they get free everything & yet my son lost his dad in a war we had no business in. Go figure, right! I get it. You take care. God gives what we need. Been there, he does come through.

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