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Tax court allows deduction for woman‘s sex change

By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Rhiannon O‘Donnabhain (oh-DON‘-oh-vin), who was born a man, sued the Internal Revenue Service after the agency rejected a $5,000 deduction for approximately $25,000 in medical expenses associated with the sex-change surgery. In its decision Tuesday, the tax court said the IRS position was “at best a superficial characterization of the circumstances” [...]

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