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Public
Schools
with TIP-TOP guide
and front-row controls
| Medical and Dental Deductions
| based on your exemptions.
| those for old age and blindness) up
FALMOUTH
Furniture Refinishing
| THE BULLETIN, Mount Joy. Pa. Thursday, April 14 10
~——INCOME TAX FACTS No. 7
Medical Expenses and Other Deductions
(This is one of a series of articles on income. tax changes. The articles
are based on information provided by the American Institute of Accounts
ants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.)
Taxpayers with heavy medical expenses in 1954 get a big break under
| the new tax law.
In the first place, certain sick benefits are not even cdinted as
income. This was true before in the case of insured plans, but now
applies to benefits from the unin-
sured employer as well, Here's what
you can receive free of tax from
your employer or his insurance
company:
1. Payment for medical expenses.
2. Payment for permanent injury
(not based on time absent from
work).
. Damages for injury or sickness.
. Payments under Workmen's
Compensation acts.
. Payment up to $100 a week for
loss of wages while you are
absent due to injury or sick-
ness, except that the first week's
pay is taxable unless you are
absent due to an injury or are
hospitalized for at least one
day.
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Using the long form and itemiz-
ing your deductions you can now
deduct more than you could last
year, First you add up your ex-
penses for medicine and subtract
1% of your adjusted gross income.
Add the remainder to your other
medical and dental expenses, in-
cluding doctor, dentist and hospital
bills you have paid, transportation
(but not living expenses) for medi-
cal treatment away from home, and
medical insurance premiums.
From this total you must sub-
tract any benefits received from
your medical insurance and, unless
you are 65 or over, 3% (instead of
the old 5%) of your adjusted gross
income, This will give you the
amount of your medical and den-
tal deduction. It cannot be any
more, however, than the maximum
This maximum has been raised
to $2,500 per exemption (except
to $5,000 for a single person and
up to $10,000 for a head of house-
hold or on a joint return.
Charity Made Easier
There is still the 20% limit on
charitable contributions in general,
but you can take a deduction for
an additional 10% of your income |
contributed to religious organiza-
tions, schools and hospitals. Within
the 20% limit you can now include
gifts to non-profit cemeteries, as
well as any “religious, charitable,
scientific, literary or educational”
organization,
Taxes and Interest Paid
In general you can deduct taxes
you have paid for yourself or a
member of your household, except
to the federal government. You can
not deduct “hidden” sales taxes
(not separately stated to the cus-
tomer), or fees for hunting licenses, |
dog licenses, water supply or auto
inspection,
Interest paid by you on mort.
gages and on loans is deductible.
Don't forget FHA loans, car loans,
collateral loans, personal loans and
loans against your life insurance.
There is a new provision this
year that may help you if you pur-
chased anything on the installment
plan. Formerly you could deduct
interest only if it were separately
stated. Now you can deduct the
amount of any “carrying charges”
up to 6% of the average monthly
unpaid balance as interest.
Fire and Storm Damage
Another type of deduction is the
casualty loss. If your home, car, or
other property was damaged by fire,
storm, flood, lightning, explosion or
freezing—or if any of your property
was Stolen—your loss not covered
by insurance is deductible, See the
official instructions for the method
of calculating your loss.
Additional Information
Be sure to read the official instrue-
tions. You can alsu get help from
the Internal Revenue Service, which
urges you to consult only qualified
advisers.
Next article: New Savings for In-
vestors, Farmers and Businessmen,
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Saturday evening, April 16,
Mrs. Ira Good and Mrs. Amon
Shoemaker, teachers at the
Church of the Brethren, will
sponsor a special program in
the church. Rev. and Mrs.
Frank Carper, pastor of the
Palmyra Church of the Breth-
ren, will show picture slides of
research and travel through the
Bible Holy Lands of Europe. |
They will explain each picture |
A male quartette
|
as it is shown.
from Geyer’s B. Church|
will provide special music. Al
cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crum,
Falmouth, announce the birth of
a daughter in the Harrisburg
Hospital, Mar. 24. The baby girl
was named Deborah. Mrs. Crum
was the former Mildred Espen-
shade.
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guide,
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mischievous little
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instructions are hid-
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misplaced.
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Landisville -
Whitacre,
Joseph
was elected president of the
Landisville - Salunga Junior |
Chamber of Commerce at a|
meeting last week in the Land's- |
ville Fire Hall. Robert Bair was|
chosen vice president; Dean]
Lowry, second vice president; |
Joseph Brown, Secretary; Rob-|
ert Lawrence, treasurer; Jack |
Baker, Richard Grotefend and]
David Messersmith, directors.
Robert Harper,
will run for state regional vice
president at the state conven- |
tion to be held in Reading April
29 and 30.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the]
Landisville Fire Co. will serve
a Ham Supper at the Landisville |
Fire Hall, Saturday. April 23,|
Treat Mom and the “kids” to a|
ham supper. Start serving at
4:30 p.m.
The Landisville Mennonite |
Adult Ladies Sunday School!
Class held their class at the
home of Mrs. Walter Derr, on
Main Street, Landisville on Eas-
ter morning. Mrs. Derr has been |
an invalid for 2 years and had|
not been able to attend Sunday |
School Classes. {
|
The Vocal Ensemble of the
Elizabethtown College consist-
ing of 16 voices will sing at the |
Salunga Church of the Brethren
Sunday morning, April 17 at 10 |
a. m. All are welcome!
The boys of the Indian Lore
entertained their Mothers
af er their business meeting. The
entertainment was directed by
Dick Rineer assisted by the In-
dians of the Litle Big Horn. Mr.
Rineer explained the Indian
bonnet and feathers, sign lang- |
vage, and that the dances are
copied from birds and animals. |
The Indians of the Little Big |
Horn, which are these mother’s |
little boys danced the Eastern |
Woodland Dance, Dance of the |
Southwes ern Big Bird and clos- |
ed with the Dance of Good and |
Evil. A “heap” of fun was had |
by all!
Miss Terry Buch, the newly |
acquired waitress at the Lincoln
Restaurant in Mt. Joy is now |
on a short varcation—Yes, she |
has the Measles!
The Landisville Lions Club |
and the Landisville Volunteer
Fire Co. will sponsor a Chicken
Barbeque to be held at the Lan-
disville Fire Hall on May 7, at |
4 p.m. Take the family out for
Chicken. Tickets can be pur-
chased from any Lions Club
member or Volun‘eer Fireman
in Landisville. Call Betty at
Landisville 8122!
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Twenty-four per cent of all
drivers involved in fatal acci-
dents in the U. S. last year were
under 25 years old.
Landisville, | _
| Club at the: YMCA in Lancaster |
Club |
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