Hello, and to AmyC., thank you sooooo much for the innovative and throughtful soluiton to my Aflac 1099 MISC income offset question. I have been a user of TaxAct for years and they could not provide me a solution for this situation, so thank you for your efforts and I will be using TurboTax going forward based on your expertise and prompt support.
That said, I have a follow up question. Due to following the instructions you provided, I now have a "less than zero" number in my "other earned income" section. As I progress to efile, the online software is not allowing me to efile because of this less than zero other earned income. It says I can print and file by mail, which is acceptable, but are you aware of any way I can utilize your solution for entering my unreimbursed medical expenses to offset my 1099MISC Aflac "income" in Box 3 and still efile?
Also, since we are really in the weeds together, I thought it was appropriate to enter my ~$8k in fixed indemnity payments from Aflac as "Medical Reimbursements" in the "Deductions & Credits" section in the "Medical Expenses" category. Obviously, this reduces (almost eliminates) any deduction I get for my medical expenses this year but I thought better safe than sorry when considering these Aflac fixed indemnity payments as "Medical Reimbursements". I could increase my refund by not recognizing these Aflac payments as "Medical Reimbursements" in the "Medical Expenses" section of the "Deductions & Credits" section. What does TurboTax think, are fixed indemnity payments such as from Aflac "Medical Reimbursements" for the purpose of calculating Medical Expense deductions?
Thank you sooooo much for your thoughts on these two questions (efile and Med Expense deduction). Steven
