The payment for the braces would have to be included on your 2017 return, unless you actually paid it in 2018. Whst counts is when you actually pay for the medical expense.
Medical, dental, and vision expenses are
reported on Schedule A and entered in the Deductions & Credits section:
-
Open your tax return.
(To do this, sign in to TurboTax and click the Take me to my return button.)
- Search
for Schedule A and
then click the "Jump to" link in the search results.
- Answer Yes on the Did you have any
medical expenses in 2018? screen.
- You will
then be prompted to enter your medical expenses, starting with
prescriptions.
If you're using Federal Free
Edition or Basic and your medical expenses are large enough that you would
benefit from itemizing deductions, you'll be prompted to upgrade to Deluxe, as
the Federal Free and Basic versions do not handle Schedule A.
