Self-employed health
insurance is entered with your business income and expenses.
You will need to edit the information for the self-employed
business to enter the self-employed health insurance deduction amount. Use the following steps:
On the top row of the
TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax
locate the search box in the upper right corner)
This opens a box where you
can type in “schedule c” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and
click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
The search results will
give you an option to “Jump to schedule c”
Click on the blue “Jump
to schedule c” link
Click Edit beside your business name
Scroll to the Business Expenses section and click Update beside Other Common Business Expenses
Scroll down and click Update beside the Insurance Payments section
Click Update (or Start) beside
Health Insurance Premiums
You will also need to visit the section for Health Savings
Accounts (HSA) to record your contributions to your HSA. Use the following steps to go to that
section:
On the top row of the
TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax
locate the search box in the upper right corner)
This opens a box where you
can type in “hsa” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the
magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
The search results will
give you an option to “Jump to hsa”
Click on the blue “Jump
to hsa” link and enter your information
