There isn't actually
a special place to enter that a person is disabled, or a specific tax credit
for the disabled on a federal tax return.
However, there is an
increased exemption if you are considered completely blind on
or before December 31, 2016.
To indicate this in
in the Personal Info section of TurboTax, please follow these steps:
- Click on the Personal Info tab.
- Click on Edit next to your
name. [See Screenshot #1, below.]
- In section #3, A few other things
we need to know, mark the button that I was considered legally
blind as of December 31, 2016. [Screenshot #2]
- Click Continue when done.
Certainly,
you can include, toward your itemized deductions, any out-of-pocket medical
expenses that may be a result of your disability, subject to the usual limits
(i.e., medical expenses only "count" if they exceed 10% of your
Adjusted Gross Income). Even then, you can only itemize deductions if
your total deductions exceed the standard deduction for your filing status
(i.e., Married Filing Jointly, Single, etc.).
Some states
have special tax benefits in their tax laws for the disabled. If this is
the case, the question would be asked as you're going through the state
interview in TurboTax.
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