Gluten-Free Simplicity

Way #35: Gluten-Free Tax Breaks on the Way to Gluten-Free Simplicity.

  I am not a tax professional, but basically, there are at least 3 places where Gluten-Free Issues cross Tax Breaks and they are the possibility of using ones Flexible Spending Account when buying certain items, Tax Deductions for the extra costs of eating Gluten-Free, and Tax Deductions for Medical Expenses.

  Celiacs.com has  some articles regarding Tax issues and being Gluten-Free. 

  Another article, “How To Get Tax Deductions for Food“ states, “If you have celiac disease where you must avoid eating gluten, you may be able to claim the expense of gluten free foods on your tax return. “   And still there are more articles on this issue. 

  With all this talk about tax breaks, I want to be clear that I do not mean to neglect those of us who don’t really earn enough to where tax breaks are meaningful.  For these people there are other ways to save money and be Gluten-Free according to some authors.

  Either way, living Gluten-Free is VERY expensive and I have never heard otherwise.  So good luck this year with your taxes and/or your ways of saving on expenses in the first place.

• Way #26: Politely Encouraging Stakeholders to Act Mindfully on Gluten-Related Issues Can Help One Attain Gluten-Free Simplicity Way #26: Politely Encouraging Stakeholders to Act Mindfully on Gluten-Related Issues Can Help One Attain Gluten-Free Simplicity:   According to Wikipedia, a stakeholder is, "a person, group, organization, or system who affects or can be affected by an organization's actions."  In other words, this probably would include (respectfully) you, or you would......
• Way #25: Getting Really Curious When Ones Gluten-Exposure Symptoms Appear Might Help One More Readily Attain Gluten-Free Simplicity 25. Getting Really Curious When Ones Gluten-Exposure Symptoms Appear Might Help One More Readily Attain Gluten-Free Simplicity.   Do you know your Gluten-Exposure symptoms yet?  This is a fair question in that one is NOT being graded and as a bonus, it will hopefully encourage one to begin defining ones......
• Way #22: Recognizing Gluten Relapses as They Happen Might Help as One Attains Gluten-Free Simplicity 22. Recognizing Gluten Relapses as They Happen Might Help as One Attains Gluten-Free Simplicity.   Face it, Relapse happens.  I would even go as far as to say that Relapse is often a part of Recovery.  Just because a person relapses, does not mean that she/he is giving up on......
• Way #32: Gracefully Accept the Shortcomings of Others Regarding Gluten Sensitivity and/or Celiac Disease on the Way to Gluten-Free Simplicity Way #32: Gracefully Accept the Shortcomings of Others Regarding Gluten Sensitivity and/or Celiac Disease on the Way to Gluten-Free Simplicity.   Going through life with any illness, much less one as unpopular as Gluten-Sensitivity or Celiac Disease can be difficult.  One is bound to run into people who are either......
• Way #28. Try New Foods and Explore New Cuisines to Enhance Gluten-Free Simplicity Way #28. Try New Foods and Explore New Cuisines to Enhance Gluten-Free Simplicity.   If you think you might get bored with your eating on a Gluten-Free Diet, think again.    There is a lot out there.   It is quite possible.... and even probable that there are foods out......

• Municipal Bond Funds: The Easiest Way to Find Tax Free Investments. Nothing like a terrible year in the stock market to bring back the most boring investment choice out there... bonds! As an active investor, the very thought of bonds makes me drowsy.  All they do, is sit idle in your brokerage account and collect interest at a slightly higher interest......
• Tax Benefits Of Passive Income Since this is tax season and this site is dedicated to earning passive income, I thought I should post something about the taxation of passive income. From the IRS's point of view passive income is any income that you get without having to to materially participate in. Examples of passive......
• Striving for a Mortgage-Free Life If you read much in the area of personal finance you will frequently come across heated debates about the merits of living in a paid-for house as compared to having a mortgage.  Some folks will argue that mortgage money is cheap and that taking into account the tax benefits, it......
• The Roth IRA Deadline Is April 15 IRA deadlines, contribution and income limits, etc are set by calendar years, but the actual Roth IRA deadline (as well as the that of the less-popular Traditional IRA) is oriented around the tax year, not calendar year.  You might have been forgiven for thinking that once the clock struck midnight......
• 44 Ways to Ruin Your Financial Life By Age 30 It was not until I reached 30 that I started to turn my own financial life around. Unfortunately, by then, the damage was done. In retrospect, I often knew the decisions I was making were not-so-smart, but I did them anyway because I could always "pay it off later" or......