Professor Richard Kaplan was quoted in a December 13th New York Times article on proposed overhauls to some long-time rules and deductions in the Republican tax plan.
"Nothing is written in stone," said Richard L. Kaplan, a tax professor at the University of Illinois College of Law who specializes in elder law. "When you change the rules in the middle of the game, people are naturally going to say, 'What am I supposed to do now?'" he said, adding, "It certainly makes people think this is unfair."
Kaplan spoke about the irony of the bill punishing people who rely on the medical expense deduction.
"They were the ones doing the fiscal personal responsibility thing, and then they turn around and say we’re changing policy that’s been in place for decades," he said. The medical expense deduction, he added, "is a huge financial factor in the sense of making the cost work."
Full article at nytimes.com.