{"id":11890,"date":"2009-09-11T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11890"},"modified":"2009-09-15T12:17:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:17:22","slug":"make-fitness-a-tax-deduction-with-the-phit-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/make-fitness-a-tax-deduction-with-the-phit-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Fitness a Tax Deduction With the PHIT Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"marathon runner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/make-fitness-a-tax-deduction-with-the-phit-act\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11935\" title=\"marathon runner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/marathon-runner.jpg\" alt=\"marathon runner\" width=\"275\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>The clever acronym PHIT stands for The Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2026. The PHIT Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last spring, and is intended to amend the IRS code to allow fitness-related tax deductions for up to $1,000 for individuals, or $2,000 for married couples filing jointly or heads of household.<\/p>\n<p>But, only certain sports and fitness expenses qualify. The PHIT Act defines qualified <a title=\"fitness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/categories\/Fitness\/\" target=\"_self\">activities<\/a> as amounts paid for fitness center memberships, physical exercise programs, and exercise equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the expenses that are covered:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth camp and <a title=\"physical activity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/rate-your-physical-activity\/\" target=\"_self\">physical activity<\/a> fees<\/li>\n<li>Membership fees for a health club<\/li>\n<li>Exercise\/fitness classes or personal trainer&#8217;s instruction<\/li>\n<li>Sports league fees (any age)<\/li>\n<li>Marathon\/triathlon registration fees<\/li>\n<li>Equipment used exclusively for participation in physical exercise\/activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Expenses that are not included are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expenses incurred from member-owned and operated private clubs<\/li>\n<li>Clubs that offer golf, hunting, sailing and <a title=\"horseback riding workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/horseback-riding\/\" target=\"_self\">horseback riding<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Apparel and footwear not used exclusively for physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Travel and accommodation expenses incurred while participating in physical activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"ronald kind\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/make-fitness-a-tax-deduction-with-the-phit-act\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11938\" title=\"ronald kind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ronald-kind.jpg\" alt=\"ronald kind\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Any incentive to have our citizens get healthier is a fantastic idea. The act is sponsored by Rep. Ronald Kind (D) of Wisconsin. His co-sponsors in the House of Representatives include:<\/p>\n<p>Tammy Baldwin (D) of Wisconsin<br \/>\nJoe Barton (R) of Texas<br \/>\nEarl Blumenauer (D) of Oregon<br \/>\nKevin Brady (TX) of Texas<br \/>\nRobert Brady (D) of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nChristopher Carney (D) of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nJim Gerlach (R) of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nJohn Gingrey (R) of Georgia<br \/>\nMarcy Kaptur (D) of Ohio<br \/>\nMike McIntyre (D) of North Carolina<br \/>\nJerry Moran (R) of Kansas<br \/>\nDonald Payne (D) of New Jersey<br \/>\nTodd Platts (R) of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nZach Wamp (R) of Tennessee<br \/>\nRobert Wexler (D) of Florida<\/p>\n<p>Contact your congressman to show your support for the Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2026 (PHIT Act or HR 2105)!<\/p>\n<p>(via: <a title=\"fitness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-16850-NY-Triathlon-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Pay-for-your-sports-and-fitness-expenses-with-pretax-dollars\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clever acronym PHIT stands for The Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2026. The PHIT Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last spring, and is intended to amend the IRS code to allow fitness-related tax deductions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/make-fitness-a-tax-deduction-with-the-phit-act\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[127,1132,31,22,2389],"class_list":["post-11890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-budget","tag-health-care","tag-health-news","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-taxes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11890"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11902,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11890\/revisions\/11902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}