title: Woman wins claim for tax deductability of complementary/alternative medical expenses.
abstract: On 30 April 2001, the Tax Court of Canada granted judgment in favour of a Victoria woman who claimed that she should be entitled to deduct from her taxable income, as legitimate "medical expenses," her expenses for vitamin supplements and for rehabilitative therapies such as massage and therapeutic touch.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bugg
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D019464:Tax Exemption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*