{"id":6729,"date":"2006-11-16T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2006-11-1116-002\/"},"modified":"2018-05-09T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T22:47:21","slug":"2006-11-1116-002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2006-11-1116-002\/","title":{"rendered":"TAX ALERT: A Big Deduction Many Taxpayers Miss, Cost of Long Term Care Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KIRKLAND, Wash. &#8211; Nov. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; As the end of the tax year approaches, millions of Americans may neglect a hefty deduction, the cost of long term care insurance, according to LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation&#8217;s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/1106-LTCcam_72dpi.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"20\" alt=\"Send2Press Photowire\" \/> &#8220;People with long term care policies can deduct a sizeable chunk of their premiums,&#8221; says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners, &#8220;but many do not know this. They&#8217;re passing by hundreds to thousands of dollars.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> <em>Photo Caption: LTC Financial CEO Cameron Truesdell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> According to section 213(d)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code, the 2006 deductible amounts can be as high as &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211; $3,530 if you&#8217;re 70 or over*<br \/>  &#8211; $2,830 if you&#8217;re over 60 by not over 70*<br \/>  &#8211; $1,060 if you&#8217;re over 50 but not over 60*<br \/>  &#8211; $530 if you&#8217;re over 40 but not over 50*<br \/>  &#8211; $280 if you&#8217;re 40 or under*<br \/>  *Before end of taxable year<\/p>\n<p> For some people, especially business owners, the tax breaks can be quite substantial, Truesdell emphasizes. &#8220;Bottom line, it can be like getting the coverage for practically nothing,&#8221; he says, &#8220;and in most cases Uncle Sam will defray at least part of the cost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> How can you learn the exact federal and state tax breaks that apply in your case? &#8220;It usually takes two experts to find out for sure,&#8221; says Truesdell, &#8220;your tax accountant and a specialist who keeps up with the latest LTC legislation. People can start by contacting an expert at the LTC Hotline.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The LTC Hotline, manned by Truesdell&#8217;s organization, consists of 200-plus specialists in all parts of the country, who give quick estimates and then, if the caller wishes, confer with the caller&#8217;s tax preparer. There is no charge for this service. <\/p>\n<p> The LTC experts with their local numbers may be found at www.ltchotline.com\/taxbreaks.html.<\/p>\n<p>News issued by: LTC Financial Partners LLC<\/p>\n<p> # # # <\/p>\n<p><small>Original Story ID:  (2226) :: 2006-11-1116-002<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Keywords: LTC Financial Partners LLC, long term care insurance brokerage, Cameron Truesdell, long term care policies can deduct a sizeable chunk of their premiums, LTC Hotline LTC Financial Partners LLC   <\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIRKLAND, Wash. &#8211; Nov. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; As the end of the tax year approaches, millions of Americans may neglect a hefty deduction, the cost of long term care insurance, according to LTC Financial Partners LLC, the nation&#8217;s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,132],"tags":[950],"class_list":["post-6729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news","category-accounting-news","tag-long-term-care-insurance","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3554,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}