To claim this subtraction from income, you need to make sure you've entered your medical expenses in the federal portion of TurboTax Online. Even though you may not have enough allowable deductions to qualify to use itemized deductions on your federal return, entering your medical expenses in the federal section will populate your information on your Oregon return.
Then, to enter your Oregon medical subtraction in TurboTax Online:
- Open TurboTax Online
- Select Tax Home in the left pane
- In the left pane, select the dropdown to the right of State Taxes
- Select Review/Edit
- Page through any screens until you get to Status of your state returns
- Select Edit or Continue next to Oregon
- Early in the interview, you should come to the Oregon Medical Expense Subtraction screen
- Enter any medical expenses for yourself (and your spouse, if married -- you'll need to enter your expenses separately) in the appropriate box, then select Continue. DO NOT enter any medical expenses for any dependents you might be claiming.
If you are still unable to get the Oregon special subtraction, you can send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information. If you would like to do this, here are the instructions for TurboTax Online users:
Go to the black panel on the left side of your program and select Tax Tools.
- Then select Tools below Tax Tools.
- A window will pop up which says Tools Center.
- On this screen, select Share my file with Agent.
- You will see a message explaining what the diagnostic copy is. Click okay through this screen and then you will get a Token number.
- Reply to this thread with your Token number. This will allow us to open a copy of your return without seeing any personal information.
We will then be able to see exactly what you are seeing and we can determine what exactly is going on in your return and provide you with a resolution.
If you are using TurboTax Desktop please comment back and I will give you those instructions.
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