20 - MANCHESTER HERALD. MoO;. Aug. 30. 18«2 'V'l'* ■ •-■' ■ t -si? ■'.far ' ” . - . • •"•^•-^:■ ■ V *'.' ‘ ' v’r.V'^; Act now, save bn medlcal costs or her. Assume that you contribute more than half of, proteln meals for hypoglycemia (Von Kalb, TC M e ir^ , The massive tax hike of almost 1100 billion that has say, your m o ver’s support. But she has gross incoipe of 1978-366). just been signed into law hy "quick-change-artist” more than $1,000. You can’t claim her as a dependent. • Home improvements: The cost of a medicaltK** President Reagan will have an across-the-board impact Your But because you provide more than half of her support, prescribed home improvement is deductible to the e tr .; on your personal, business and investment situation. Money's yoii can deduct the medical expenses you pay on her tent it exceeds the increase in the value of your home.-^ llie tax changes put a premium on immediate action. The entire costqf operating and maintaining such an You can make moves that will create big tax savings behalf. Wortl^ Earmark your support dollars for your “ medical” provement is also eligible for the deduction (Reg. 12liir< ahead of the 1983 effective dates that many of the law's (e) (1) il)). provisions carry. dependent’s medical expenses. Pay those expenses Sylvia Porter • Special mattress: Aimedica!expense deduction has,; Medical expenses are a prime example. Effective the yourself and keep a careful record. been approved for the extra cost of a special mattress first of 1983, you will be allowed a deduction only to the The deductions to which you are entitled are being in­ designed to alleviate an arthritic condition (Rev. Rul::.- extent that your medical expenses and the expenses of creased and now make up an impressive list indeed. Here are some of the government-approved deductions 58-280, 1948-1 CB 157). your dependents exceed 5 percent of your adjusted gross tills high tax year saves you more money than taking the you would easily overlook. • Wigs: The cost of a wig is deductible medical inccme (AGI). The current floor is 3 percent. expense if it is necessary to relieve severe mental dis*'-' This is just part of it. C o n fess also knocked out the deductions next year, when rates will be lower. 1982 is a • Hair transplants: Since the scalp is part of the body and the transplantation affects a part of the body, the tress (Rev. Rul. 6M89, 1962-2 CB 88). special d^uction for health insurance. In addition, star­ good year to: Tear gas used • Nursing home. You often have to pay a lump sum to'’.; ting in 1984, only prescription drugs and insulin w ill be • Get the dental work done that you've been putting cost of the operation is deductible — just like a face-lift get your dependent parent into a nursing home. If part? permitted as medical expenses. off. (Rev Rul. 82-111, LRB 1982-22). of the repayment is for further medical care, the portidp So, accelerate as many of your active medical • Go for the eye exams you haven't had in several • Electrolysis: Since the operation penetrates the is deductible (Rev. Rul. 75-302, 1975-2 CB 86). expenses as you possibly can from 1983 to 1982. The year years. follicle and destroys living tissue, the cost of the opera­ • School tuition: If part of your child’s college tuition» ' of the deduction, warns Prentice-Hall, generally is fixed • Have the complete physical you've been told (and tion is deductible (Rev Rul. 82-111, LRB 1982-22). is for medical Care, that amount is deductible (Rev.'.:^ by the date you pay the expense, not the date the you know it, too) you need. • Orthopedic shora: When prescribed by a doctor, the cost of high-top orthopedic.shoes in excess of normal Rul. 54-457, 1954-2 CB 110). > • ' : expense is incurred. • Stock up on non-prescription drugs that have a long shoes and the cost of a lift and a Thomas heel are deduc­ (Save money every day! Sylvia Porter’s Financial ‘ Police smSIsh life, such as aspirin, decongestants, vitamins. The cost Even if the crackdown on medical expenses hadn't of drugs (prescription and non-prescription) that tible medical expense (Ltr. Rul. 8221118). Almanac for 1983 is a comprehensive desk calendar and ! become law, you still would be ahead because of the tax exceeds 1 percent of your adjusted gross income counts consumer handbook featuring Porter’s best money--'; Special diets: The extra cost of a prescribed special saving advice and tips for organizing your budget. Send • rate CUT still scheduled for 1983. Under our now-you- toward the medical deduction. see-it-now-you-don’t tax structure today — a situation iet is deductible if it is 1) solely for treatment of a $8.95 plus $1 for mailing and handling to Financial without precedent in our history — as cross-patched as As important as what qualifies may be who qualifies. ^medical problem, and 2) in addition to normal Almanac In care of the Herald, 4400 Johnson Drive, felled it has been — 1982 tax rates on medical expenses still A person does not have to be your dependent for you toC nutritional needs. Examples: salt-free diets (Cohn, Fairway, Kan. 66205. Make checks payable to Universal Polish rallies are effectively higher. So taking medical deductions in be able to deduct the medical expenses you pay for him '38TC 387), organic foods (Raidolph, 67 ’TC 35) and high- Fress Syndicate.) By Jack Redden WARSAW, Poland (U PI) — Riot police fired tear police were authonzeo to use torce to break up United Press International gas and water cannons today at thousands of Polish protests. workers in Gdansk, Warsaw and Wroclaw to dis­ The underground called for mass rallies at four Israeli planes shot down a Syrian perse anti-government rallies on the second an­ central squares in Warsaw beginning at 10 a.m. U.S. firms are using jet fighter in a dogfi^t over the niversary of the Independent union Solidarity. E D T and at a monument outside the Lenin mountains of east % in it today as Chanting "Free Lech Walesa, Solidarity, shipyards in Gdansk, where the first independent another 1,000 Syrian troops left the union of the East Bloc was born two years ago capital to join forces with their com­ Solidarity,” about 5,000 workers poured out of the today. rades in eastern Lebanon. Lenin shipyards in Gdansk — the union’s birthplace — and gathered around a three-cross monument to Troops and riot police, many of them in battle more imported cars The dogfight was the first aerial fatigues and armed with automatic rifles, tramped workers killed in 1970 riots. encounter between Israeli and through the streets of major Polish cities in a Syrian forces since a cease-fire was Steel-helmeted riot police ringing the shipyards percent in 1980. bristling show of force. DETROIT (UPI) - U.S. timated, nearly half of all new cars declared June 24. The Soviet-made waited through an hour of speeches and chants of In 1979^ the imports’ share of this Thousands of riot police in visored helmets and ..usinesses have followed the lead of ^old in the United States were MiG-25 was the 87th Syrian plane “ lift martial law ” before rushing the workers, market was just 8.2 percent. In 1970, battle fatigues and carrying automatic rifles and private motorists by buying more purchased by corporations, govern­ downed since the war in Lebanon firing tear gas and water cannons. it stood at under 3 percent of truncheons patrolled streets around the squares. imported cars — giving foreign ment agencies, small businesses began June 6. business vehicles. ' Truckloads of special army troops also were autoworkers a 13.2 percent share of and leasing and rental agencies. UPI correspondent Walter R iot police also broke up demonstrations in War­ “ In short, American business hqg' brought into the city. the fleet customer market last year, U.S. Automakers consider these Wisniewski, who was driving from saw and Wroclaw in a crucial showdown between One witness saw a convoy of 35 heavy security a study shows. fleet sales almost their “ bread and now done what private 'motorists-' Damascus to Beirut at the time, supporters of the independent union and the have been doing for 10 to 20 years— vehicles rumbling along a main Warsaw street Foreign car manufacturers sub­ butter.” watched the dogfight from a van­ military government.' buying imports,” said a Hertz about 1 p.m. (7 a.m. E D T) and there were reports stantially increased their market Business customers get deliveries tage point at the western edge of the The action came as the Soviet-backed military spokesman. of armored columns standing by on highways out­ share of the fleet customer market of new models before they arrive in Bekaa Valley. government sent thousands of troops and riot police Hertz said there were 3.47 million side the city. between 1979 and 1981, said a Hertz retail showrooms. Often the use of •‘Two white contrails were into Poland's major cities to stop the cars purchased for business use last Residents of apartment buildings near possible Corp. survey released Sunday. new models by a rental agency or heading like arrows for each other demonstrations. trouble spots in the capital said notices had been The survey also showed the corporation can lead customers and year and 528,000 foreign-made high in a cloudless blue sky,” In the largest show of force since martial law was put up in their buildings warning them to remove number of cars rented and leased employees to purchase them for autos.