TS wins case aganist I.R.S.

[kilakali]

This could be a start to a trend for Tgirls.

http://urban-alternatives.blogspot.com/2010/02/transsexual-win-battle-against-irs.html

[peggygee]

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 3, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/03brf...nyt&emc=rss

The United States Tax Court has ruled that a Massachusetts woman should be allowed to deduct the costs of her sex-change operation in a decision that could have wide-ranging consequences. Rhiannon O’Donnabhain, who was born a man, sued the Internal Revenue Service in 2007. The agency had disallowed a $5,000 deduction for $25,000 in medical expenses associated with the sex-change surgery, saying it was cosmetic and not medically necessary. The tax court said the I.R.S. position was rebutted by medical evidence.

[peggygee]

By the by, here is coverage of the case from it's onset:
http://theipowa.org/?q=content/irs-sued-ov...nge-deduction-0

And here is the tax court's decision in toto:
http://theipowa.org/?q=content/glad-wins-c...ment-deductions