MargaretL
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Retirement tax questions

You CAN enter the medical expenses in both sections, as your 10% penalty exception AND as your medical expenses in Deductions & Credits section.  As TexasRoger correctly specified, data entry for 10% penalty exception only reduces the amount of the penalty, but your distribution is still subject to ordinary income tax. Entering your medical expenses under Deductions & Credits will reduce that ordinary tax. 

Also, per IRS: "You can only take into account unreimbursed medical expenses that you would be able to include in figuring a deduction for medical expenses on Schedule A (Form 1040). You do not have to itemize your deductions to take advantage of this exception to the 10% additional tax."

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