Thank you. I have been waiting for this post!

Since our social security is not taxable, we make only a hair over the $24000 standard deduction. Does this mean that in 2018, I no longer have to save and log every receipt that comes in the house, or will that start in the 2019 tax year? Or should I save a couple of months of receipts in case I do go over or something changes.

Also, I have one child whose doctor has her on Carnation Breakfast Essentials/Ovaltine in an effort to get more calories. It is not something I would buy or give the other kids. Is it deductible outside of the meal allowance? I am not on the food program.

We have also started doing more cooking projects, (baking bread and cookies) I have never done much of that before, but I have an older group this year, so we didn't something at least once a week.

Thank you for all you do.

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