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To help you fill out your 2014 returns and plan for 2015, here are few tax changes, big and small, for 2015 – and nine of the most peculiar deductions.
Some people who enrolled in weight-loss programs last year can deduct the money they paid in fees, according to the IRS. But not everyone qualifies: to be eligible, taxpayers must have enrolled to treat specific conditions diagnosed by doctors. Even when recommended by a health care professional, the cost of dance lessons, swim lessons, and health-club dues are not deductible, according to the IRS.
Except in very limited cases, diet foods are also non-deductible.
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