im on the medical insureance premiums section, where on a w2 would i see this? box 3 and box5 are the same ( medicare & social security ) or box 4 or box 6?

[xmasbaby0]

Boxes 3 and 4 or 5 and 6 on your W-2 do NOT show medical insurance premiums.    If you have an employer plan for health insurance the information is likely in box 14 of your W-2.    You just enter the W-2 information exactly as it appears on your W-2.   You do not enter anything more about the employer health insurance anywhere else on your tax return.

[DawnC]

There is not a box on your w-2 that shows what YOU paid for medical premiums.    There is an amount in box 12 with code DD that shows what you and your employer paid, but that does not get entered in the deductions and credits section.   On the medical premiums deductions page, enter insurance premiums you paid for things like:

• Medical care
• Hospitalization
• Surgical fees
• X-rays
• Inpatient care
• Dental care
• Prescription medicines
• Hearing care
• Vision
• Membership payments for HMOs

Do NOT include the following:

• Amounts withheld from your paycheck by your employer unless they’re included in box 1 of your Forms W-2
• Premiums for policies that guarantee you a specified weekly amount if you are hospitalized
• Premiums for policies that pay you for loss of earnings, life, limb or sight
• The portion of car insurance premiums providing medical insurance coverage for other people injured by your car or while in your car
• Money you paid for insurance for ineligible cosmetic surgery
• Money you paid for health or long-term care premiums with retirement plan distributions that were tax-free because you are a retired public safety officer