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12A. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY I. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON T Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyrli ht. Hall Syndicate, Inc. HOW TO SAVE ON TAXES Medical Expenses When you get to the medical expense line on your 1962 tax return, be sure you cash in on the new, money-saving opportunities created by 1962's tax law changes, and by 1962's court decisions and Treasury rulings. If you're among the countless thousands who paid very heavy but uninsured medical expenses last year, Keep mind that the top limit for medical expense deductions were generally doubled for the year 1962 as compared with the limits in 1961. If you are a taxpayer, not 65 or over and disabled, you can deduct your medical expenses in an amount up to $5,000 times your personal exemptions (not counting the special exemptions for blind persons or those 65 or over). Your deduction, though, can't exceed: m $10,000 if you are single and not the head of a house' hold nor a surviving spouse entitled to income splitting, or if vou are a married person who is filing a separate return (2) $20,000 if you are a married person filing a joini return or a single person who is head of a household or survivine snouse entitled to income splitting. Disabled individuals 65 or over can deduct even larger amounts under the 1962 tax law. Another important medical expense break that we received in 1962 covers improvements made io a home because ihey are medically necessary. For instance, say you're a homeowner who paid $1,000 in 1962 to install a slair-seat elevator or air conditioning or a similar im provement in your home because your doctor said this was essential io the health of a member of your family. The Treasury in the past disallowed any medical expense deduction for the $1,000 if the improvement increased the value of your home in any amount, no matter now small But in 1962, the Treasury finally agreed that a homeowner could treat as a medical expense any excess of wnat ne paia over the resulting increase in the value of his nome. inus, if vou sDent $1,000 to Install medically necessary air con- ditioning but this increased the market value of your home by only $300, the $700 difference will be accepted ay vne Treasury as a deductible medical expense. If you made a trip to a vacation resort for medical rea sons, a Supreme Court decision in 1962 is of vital interest to you. The Court ruled that while your transportation costs to and from the resort qualify as medical expenses if your trip was medically necessary, the cost of your meals and lodging while at the resort is not a medical expense. If you buy accident and health insurance of any type, you surely know that the premiums for such insurance are generally deductible as medical expenses. The Treasury has held, though, that the part of the premium which pays for insurance against loss of income or provides an indemnity for accidental death or loss of eyes or limbs is not deductible as a medical expense. In 1962, a second court decision de clared that the Treasury is wrong and that this part of the premium for accident and health insurance also qualifies as a medical expense. This means that if you want to Include this part of the premium with your other deductible medical expenses, the Treasury will disallow it if your return is examined, but you probably will be able to make the deduc tion stand up if you are willing to go to court. It you're among the many individuals required for medical reasons to limit your diet to salt-ireee meals, here it a new tax item. When you are away from home and must buy salt-tree meals in a reitauranl, the price of the meal may be higher because of the extra work in making it sail-free. In 1962, a court held that this ex tra charge by the restaurant qualiiiet as a medical ex- pense for you. Also in 1062, a mother's payment to her daughter for giV' ing the mother medical care were held by a court to be de ductible as a medical expense by the mother. This could be an imporlant tax-savings guide for you or someone you know. Of course you know the general rule on medical expenses. In brief: If you and your wife are under 65, you can deduct your medical and dental expenses to the extent they exceed 3 per cent of your adjusted gross Income; medicines and drugs are part of your medical expenses only to the extent they exceed 1 per cent of your adjusted gross Income. Next: The new investment credit against tax. ft ' iv - " II Ne ? ' V1 ' 1 Stemmetz, 38, who weighed 740 brief illness. It took 16 men to load Steinmetz on a delivery van when he was taken to Duval Medical Center at Jacksonville, Fla. (UPI) FAT MAN DIES-Charles pounds, died following The Family Council Killtor's note: The Family Council eanxlKts nf inrir pliychlatrltt, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. r.acn arucic is a summary or a ramlly disagreement presented to the Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor, encountered tiy guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by General Features Corn.) Mrs. W. R. - A boy of 17 shouldn't leave dishes for me to wash when I get home from work. Bruce R, - My kid brother should do the clean-up. He doesn't have the homework I do. Guilty Plea Entered By Ronald Leslie Barry, 13 Newtown st., Medford, plead- "OIL TO BURN" Mobilhear S & H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. 772-2111 Medford Resident ed guilty In Jackson county district court yesterday to a charge of drawing a bunk check with insufficient funds in bunk to pay same in full. He was placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to make restitution within 90 days. He was arrested by Med ford police for a check issued to a local store in December. ! RAIN! RAIN! ...THEN COMES SPRING! Simplicity Tillers !895DowB $15.45 Per Mo. Mono Tillers $1295D $10.70 Per Mo. e 20" Rotary Mowers $l00Oown $1.00 Per Week ! NOW IS THE TIME j To Apply PAX i For CRABGRASS! ! ' i DON'T MISS THE SPORTS ROADSTER SHOW Medford Armory February 9th & 10th SEE THE FAMOUS SUZUKI MOTOR BIKES ON DISPLAY SISKIYOU IARDWARE 225 West Main Phone 772-2939 We Give S&H Green Stamps Mrs. W. H. - I'm a widow and work for the telephone company. For the next few weeks I must be on the late shift, and I've come to dread getting home at midnight and finding the mess left by my two sons. They're 17 and 12 and I think I have a right to ex pect them to clean up after their supper instead of leav ing dishes for me to do, and food for me to put away. I leave the house nice for them, and they should do the same for me. They go lo school and have homework, of course. But that's no excuse. Yet that's the answer I get when I scold them. Or else, each one blames the other for refus ing to help. Bruce R. - If my mother could see what goes on here each evening she'd get real lough with my brother and leave me alone. I'm all tangled up with preparations for five Regent's ExHins in June, plus college entrance worries, plus a Sen Ion paper 1 must write on Liiial Erosion. But Lurry is I only in junior high and he gets done wtth his arithme tic and Spanish in about 20 minutes. Then all he hns lo do is eat and watch TV. In between he starts up with me and won't quit till I paste him one. He's the one who makes all the mess in the kitchen and the living room. My one dish and glass make no dif ference. The Council - The trouble In this home springs from the fact that the mother is look ing at the boys, but the hovs aren't looking at her. They ; are looking at each other, ! and beyond . . . which ccr ! Iiiinly won't Ret the supper dishes washed or Ihr worry linos lightened on Mrs. R.'s face. I And yet they sound so "nor mal" that we're sure Mrs. j R. can reach them, with a more orderly, less hysterical, approach. The trick is not to expect too much, to he lavish with praise for (he littli that dope Ret r!rmr and j to accept griping and yap- 1 ping as s.o.p. (standard oper ational procedure) In a house hold of adolescents, i How lo bo about it? We ; recommend the tram" feci ' Ing in the home, rather than ; the opposing (actions as at present. And this is achieved by a calm sitting-down, pos sibly with an outsider pres ent, to assay the burdens and dulies each member o( the family (aces. The "outsider" should of course be a trust- ! ed friend, relative, teacher, ' or paslor. Then, with Mrs. R. and the boys hearing each other out respectfully, a sim ple work schedule can be worked out in writing with specific household chores as signed to all three. These will be in line with their avail able time, their skill and en ergy, their other responsibili ties and commitments. A formal initialing of the "agreement" may be a neat touch, even though you and we know, Mrs. R.. that some of the clauses will be hon ored more In the breach than in the performance. But if matters should slip back to the sloppy stage they're in now, the family council most be re-convened in fairness to all. In other words, the bovs must contribute more than a lick and a promise. At pres ent they're not even contrib uting those. Not only their mother, hut they themselves, will feel bet ter to be carrying some share even a pygmy-sized one of the load. Oregon One of 40 Listed in Booklet Euuenc - The tlnlvn-uli v nf Oregon is one of 40 colleges ! and universities in the nation ; listed in a publication entitled ! "The Year - Round Campus Catches On," recently pub-1 Ushecl by Hie Fund for the ; Advancement of Education, j The publication states that j all of the 40 Institutions per-! mil students to earn rtnt'hrlnr ' degrees in three rather than the usual (our calendar years, without requiring more than a normal full - time course load. "This yardstick sets off the 40 colleges and universities from a much more numerous group of institutions that otfer traditional summer sessions," the publication says. Last summer the University of Oregon began a new li wcek summer session, in addi tion to its regular S-weck ses sion. 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