You can claim your medical deductions only in the year you spent money on them. However, these items will benefit you only if you have enough itemized items to deduct and only if the total amount of medical expenses including PPE exceeds 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. Otherwise, it will not affect your total refund or tax due.
Personal protective equipment — such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes — bought for the “primary purpose” of protection against the coronavirus are considered tax deductible medical expenses.
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If you have already submitted your tax return, you will have to wait until the IRS either accepts or rejects your return. You cannot return to the program to make any changes before that.
If your return got rejected for whatever reasons, you can return to the program to add your medical expenses along with other changes. You do not need an amendment 1040-X.
If your return has been accepted, you will have to amend your return by filing a form 1040X. You should not try to amend your return until it has been fully processed and you have received your refund or your payment has cleared.
Beginning with the 2019 tax year, you can e-file amended tax returns. If you used TurboTax to prepare Form 1040-X, follow the software's instructions to e-file the amendment.
To see how to amend your taxes, click here:
Steps to amend in TurboTax
If adding the medical expenses does not change your total refund or tax due, no amendment is needed.
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