Self-employed health insurance premiums are deducted in the business section using the instructions below:
- Go to Federal > Income & Expenses
- If you have not set up your business, answer Yes to Did you have any self-employment income or expenses?
- Continue through the interview to enter your business information.
- When you get to the Let's Review Your Work Info screen, make sure everything is correct and then click Looks Good
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On the Let's get income for work screen, select the type of income you want to enter and click Continue.
- Proceed through the rest of the interview to enter your income.
- When you get to the What kind of expenses did you have screen, scroll down to select Less Common Income, expand that section and then click select Health Insurance Premiums
- Continue
- On the next page, scroll down to the Expenses section and click Start next to Health insurance premiums
- Proceed through the interview to enter your health insurance premium amount
