Key legal question
Whether the AHV helplessness allowance must be offset against deductible medical expenses.
Extracted holding
No. The helplessness allowance is not to be charged against the deductible medical expenses; the taxpayers bear those costs themselves.
Extracted reasoning
Medical expenses are understood medically as treatment and health-maintenance costs. The helplessness allowance serves to compensate general care needs and is calculated by degree of helplessness, not by medical expense. There is therefore no direct link requiring offset.