Tom and Sally White, married and filing joint income tax returns, derived their entire income from the operation of their retail stationary shop. Their 2015 adjusted gross income was $100,000. The Whites itemized their deductions on Schedule A for 2015. The following unreimbursed cash expenditures were among those made by the Whites during 2015: - Repair and maintenance of motorized wheelchair for physically handicapped dependent child: $600 - Tuition, meals, lodging at special school for physically handicapped dependent child in an institution primarily for the availability of medical care, with meals and lodging furnished as necessary incidents to that care: $8,000 Without regard to the adjusted gross income percentage threshold, what amount may the Whites claim in their 2015 return as qualifying medical expenses?

Tom and Sally White, married and filing joint income tax returns, derived their entire income from the operation of their retail stationary shop. Their 2015 adjusted gross income was $100,000. The Whites itemized their deductions on Schedule A for 2015. The following unreimbursed cash expenditures were among those made by the Whites during 2015: - Repair and maintenance of motorized wheelchair for physically handicapped dependent child: $600 - Tuition, meals, lodging at special school for physically handicapped dependent child in an institution primarily for the availability of medical care, with meals and lodging furnished as necessary incidents to that care: $8,000 Without regard to the adjusted gross income percentage threshold, what amount may the Whites claim in their 2015 return as qualifying medical expenses?

Tom and Sally White, married and filing joint income tax returns, derived their entire income from the operation of their retail stationary shop. Their 2015 adjusted gross income was $100,000. The Whites itemized their deductions on Schedule A for 2015. The following unreimbursed cash expenditures were among those made by the Whites during 2015:
- Repair and maintenance of motorized wheelchair for physically handicapped dependent child: $600
- Tuition, meals, lodging at special school for physically handicapped dependent child in an institution primarily for the availability of medical care, with meals and lodging furnished as necessary incidents to that care: $8,000
Without regard to the adjusted gross income percentage threshold, what amount may the Whites claim in their 2015 return as qualifying medical expenses?






a. $8,600
b. $8,000
c. $600
d. $0





Answer: A