6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18, 1965 TAX PLANNING Income Tax Deduction For Medical Expenses (The following article Is the third In <1 series of live articles ou year-end tax planning prepared for this newspaper by the fowunit trp on Taxation of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Account ants.) Planning between now and the end of the year may re duce jour Federal income tax toil'd. A limited deduction is allowed tor medical ex penses paid this year. If you are considering a medical check up, new glasses or a visit to the dentist, a quick calculation iriay he in order to determine if the payment of such medical expenses will be advantageous this year. Grouping medical expenses into one year might result in tax benefits which, would not be available if spread into two years. Examples of deductible medical expenses are fees to doctors, dentists, laboratories and hospitals, also the cost of X-rajs, hearing devices, glasses, dentures, hospital’za tion insurance premiums and tiansporta'tion expenses rela tive to illness If you use your automo bile for transpoitation to doc tors, hospital, etc , you may use a standard mileage rate of $O5 per mile to deter mine the deductible cost. Tax Deduction For Child-Care Expenses (The following article is the fourth in a series of five arti cles on year-end tax planning prepared for this newspaper by the Committee on Taxation of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.) One of the most overlooked deductions available to cer tain taxpajers is the deduc tion for child-care and dis abled dependent care In addition to the depend ency deduction, employed women and widowers may de duct up to $9OO paid for the caie of certain dependents In ordei to claim the de duction, the taxpayei may be a woman, whether single, maimed, separated, dnoiced or deserted but a man must be a widower, divorced or legally separated or ha\e a W Granges (Continued from Page 1) within view of Federal High ways They support HB 1152 to stop the piecemeal an nexation ot second class town ships without the consent of the voters in the townships They fax or the House Reso lution #144 which would au thorize a legislate e study of the need for comprehensive water legislation The program presented by the Lecturer, Miss Agnes Spence, featured the singing of Christmas Carols and the history of “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” "Silent Night,” "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” and "Joy to the World” by Miss Spence Thom as Galbreath spoke on a por tion of Grange ritualism and Charles MoSparran. demonstra ted presentation and retir ing the American flag The next meeting, Dec 27, •will be the annual Chnstmas party when memibers should bring fifty-cent gifts for the pit exchange. wife who Is incapacitated for at least 90 consecutive days, A limited deduction of not more than $6OO, if 'one !e -pendent is being cared for, or $9OO for two or more de pendents, is available to a taxpayer who hires a maid or sitter or pays a nursery, boarding or day school for care of the dependent so the taxpayer can work at gainful employment. The child must be mnder the age of 13, or the dependent must be physi cally or mentally incapable of caring for himself and may be of any age. If the husband is capable of self support, a joint re turn must be filed and the $6.00 (or $9OO, as the case may be) deduction is re duced by the excess of the couple’s adjusted gross in come over $6OOO. Conestoga Emergency Fund Non-Profit Benefit Fund Established 1958 Pays Death Benefit - $1,000.00 Assessment per death $l.lO per subscriber. THIS NEW ENROLLMENT, the first since 1958, is limit ed to all persons in good health up to age 62. HOW TO ENROLL Send this ad with your name, address and age to CONESTOGA EMERGENCY FUND, R. D. #6, Box 320, Lancaster, Fa. 17603. Complete infor mation and applications cards will be sent to you. , ACT TODAY DON’T LET YOUR FAMILY REGRET YOUR DELAY Complete automatic feeding for DAIRY COWS and CATTLEI Plus a complete line ef bunk feeders to meet your exact needs 8m us lor modsm CALEB M. WENGER B. D. 1 Drumore Center KI 8-2116 Quarryville, Pa. • Lancaster (Continued from Pag* 2) 565 I'bs. $26.65, Couple Loadi Choice 900 lb*. $26.75, Load Choice 900 lbs. with Good Slaughter flesh $28.25, Good 800-900 lbs. $23.25-23.50, Couple loads Good 450-475 lbs. $24.00, Utility and Standard 425-H5O lbs. 19.50- 20,00. CALVES 650: Vealers mostly steady. Few sales High Choice and Prime steady to $l.OO Lower. Choice 36.D0-38.00, 38.00, Few High Choice and Prime $37.50-38.50, Good 33.- 00-3'6.00, Standard 28.00-33.- 00, Utility $23.00-28.00, Cull 20.00-23.00, With 65-95 lb. Cull 16.00-20.00. HOGiS 725: Barrows and gilts mostly $l.OO Lower than last week’s close. Sews steady. US 1-2 200-240 lb. Barrows and gilts $29.00-29.50, US 1. 200-235 lbs. mostly $29.50, Few to $30.00, US 1-3 190- 260 lbs. 28.50-29.50, With most sales 28.50-29.00, US 2-3 240-280 lbs. 27.50-28.25. US 1-3 300-500 lbs. $2l 50- 22 50, US 2-3 400-600 lbs. $21.00-$22 00. VcmDulo UNLOADERS Oaubla auoirt dtllvar mara allaga par mlnuta avan when allaga la daaply frozan ... and at a la war aparatlng coat. Patantad V-paddla Impallara throw ... not blow ... allaga down ahuta. Adluatabta drtva buba glva poaltlva traatioa la ai typaaol allaga. Thraa-point auapanalon kaapa anloadar laval at all tlmaa. Straight-out Augar Fiadir With VanDala unit* you m euttom buN tho bunk loading aat-up to fit your naada. DrWo tootlon Ineludaa hoppor, drWa to* aambly ami If. high aapaolty •' augar. Additional augar aactlona ara la tr'anha and ara oaally aaupM. Fwd-R-Flo Bunk Fiedir The new, all-metal complete feeder. Mgk oapaelty •' auger rotatea within tube. Olvee all-weather protection, even lead dlatribut Man, and lower eperaUng aoeC Oonviyor Trougb Am Important Ink In automallt iaadkie. Paaltlanad balow alia ahuta, tha VanDala aanvayar traugh aarrlaa tha sliaga to tha bunkfaadar. Primary aaatlon Inaludaa hat* par, drlva aiaambly, and SO'. •' augar. Additional to* augar aaatloM mag ba Sddad. lutomatio feeding equipment SHEEP 375: Wooled AUTO THEFT i'MJflMNinr Slaughter lamba ateady to NEW TORK—-The - ohftMoe* strung. Ewea aearce and of your oar being stolen rose steady. Choice 76-95 lbs. from 1 in 208 in 1948 to 1 Woeled lambs $26.00-27.25, ] n 153 In 1964, according to One Lot Choice 112 lbs. $25.- the Insurance Information 00, Good 65-95 lbs, $24.D0- Institute. There were 466,- 26.00, with couple lots Mix- gois Oars stolen last year, ed Good and Choice at $26.- many of them by thieves 50. Utility and Good Slaugh- wh f fo , un