Keeping your tax records

Medical expenses

Written evidence may include:

• receipts or other documents to show the medical expenses you can claim - for example, payments to hospitals, doctors, dentists, opticians and chemists for expenses relating to an illness or operation
   
• documents for any payments made to residential aged care facilities - some of these payments may be considered medical expenses
   
• statements from Medicare or a private health fund.

You should keep these documents that relate to you, as well as payments made for your dependants. This generally refers to your spouse and children, but may also include other dependants.

For information about what you can claim, see T9 - 20% tax offset on net medical expenses over the threshold amount.