We have qualified medical deductions for 2024. We traveled to another state for some of our medical appointments. In Publication 502 under Transportation it says the following:
"Car expenses. You can include out-of-pocket expenses, such as the cost of gas and oil, when you use a car for
medical reasons. You can't include depreciation, insurance, general repair, or maintenance expenses.
If you don't want to use your actual expenses for 2024, you can use the standard medical mileage rate of 21 cents a mile. You can also include parking fees and tolls.
You can add these fees and tolls to your medical expenses whether you use actual expenses or the standard mileage rate."
I've calculated it both ways and we get a significantly greater deduction by using out-of-pocket expenses. The options in Turbotax are Lodging - $50 a day max, Other (bus, parking, taxi, etc.) or Miles driven to get medical care. I know I could take our total OOP expenses and divide by .21 and use that for the Miles driven but am not comfortable with that because it doesn't reflect the actual mileage. How/where do I enter out-of-pocket car expenses? Is this something Turbotax might correct in an update? Thanks in advance!
