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Form 7206

iusdcm1 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:40:46 GMT

According to the instructions for Line 17 of Schedule 1, I do NOT need to use Form 7206. That's because I have Marketplace premiums reported on 1095-A, and I did NOT make advance payments of the premium tax credit and am NOT claiming the premium tax credit That said, I am supposed to use the 1040 Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction Worksheet, not Form 7206. My 1095-A insurance premiums are correctly linking to my Schedule 1, Line 17. That should be the end of it.

Nevertheless, Turbotax Online is auto-generating and not allowing me to delete Form 7206. I would be fine with filing an unnecessary Form 7206 if it weren't incorrect. Inaccurately, it is BLANK (no entry) on Lines 1 and 3, when I believe it should show the aforesaid Marketplace premiums for myself as a self-employed sole proprietor. Turbotax correctly links my 1095-A to my Schedule 1, Line 17 but fails to tie it to Form 7206. As a result, Form 7206, Line 14 incorrectly says $0 for the self-employed health insurance deduction, which contradicts Schedule 1, Line 17. This is inaccurate and I do not want to file with inaccuracies. I tried just deleting Form 7206 by going to "Tax Tools" and selecting the delete button next to Form 7206, but it keeps re-appearing (perhaps because Turbotax also needlessly auto-generates Form 8962, which I also can't seem to delete).

Please help! Although my Schedule 1 is correct, I do not want to file with an inaccurate Form 7206, as I suspect the inconsistency may trigger an audit.

I called your support line and talked to someone for at least an hour. She was not able to answer the question after multiple attempts. She said she would be back to me. I have a ticket number.
I am very frustrated with this process and others have posted about it as well.

Please advise on what Turbo Tax is doing to resolve this issue for form 7206 which is new in 2023. Thank you.

Re: Form 7206

LindaS5247 — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:20:50 GMT

Please run all of your TurboTax updates. You should run all of your updates when logging into TurboTax.

If you're on a PC, go in to your TurboTax program and select Check for Updates from the Online menu (top of screen).

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Re: Form 7206

iusdcm1 — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:33:00 GMT

I did run all the updates. There is no fix for this issue. Form 7206 cannot be deleted and it is incorrect. Please open a ticket for Turbo Tax to fix this issue.

Re: Form 7206

dsmccar — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:59:22 GMT

I am having almost the identical problem with the Desktop product. Form 7206 is not required in my case because of the following exception in the instructions:

"Generally, you can use the worksheet in the Form 1040 instructions to figure your deduction. However, if any of the following apply, you must use Form 7206.

You had more than one source of income subject to self-employment tax.
You file Form 2555.
You are using amounts paid for qualified long-term care insurance to figure the deduction."

None of the above apply, so I don't have to use 7206. I wouldn't mind filing 7206 if I could correct the Form to populate line 1 (which shows no number) without causing the self-employed deduction to show up as double on the Schedule 1. The return has bounced twice, with the note the second time to delete 7206 if not necessary. But every time I delete it in "Forms", it pops up again.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Form 7206

CatinaT1 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:42:58 GMT

When you delete the form, you will also need to delete any related worksheets. See if that works and if not, let us know.

Re: Form 7206

iusdcm1 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:59:05 GMT

There are no related worksheets to form 7206 so there are no other worksheets to delete. So NO, this solution does not work.

Re: Form 7206

dsmccar — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:45:20 GMT

No solutions work. TurboTax Desktop for Windows will not allow 7206 to be deleted, and I agree with @iusdm1 that there are no associated worksheets to delete. TurboTax will allow me to enter the deduction in line 1 of 7206, but it will not allow me to override the number that already populated in line 17 in Schedule 1, with the result that the deduction is overstated.

The fact that the e-file rejection message suggests deleting 7206 (but that you can't do it), or correcting errors in that Form (but won't let you override other errors that pop up elsewhere as a result) is infuriating.

Can someone who is actively managing programming TurboTax please get on this thread and let us know if this problem is being worked on, or if there is a work around other than a paper filing? Hundreds of thousands of people are going to have this issue.

And yes, my software is up to date.

Re: Form 7206

Matttax — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:48:21 GMT

I have exactly the same issue.

Re: Form 7206

AnnetteB6 — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:29:51 GMT

Take a look at the following TurboTax help article and click the link to register your email address for notifications as this situation is addressed:

Why is TurboTax adding an incomplete Form 7206 when I'm not required to file it?

@iusdcm1

@dsmccar

@Matttax

Re: Form 7206

SteveA1 — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:57:46 GMT

I have the same exact issue as stated in the original post. An extraneous form 7206 with 0 on line 14, but I have a valid non-zero self-employed health insurance deduction correctly computed by the worksheet. Is there any update on this issue?

Thanks,

Steve

Re: Form 7206

SteveA1 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:46:31 GMT

The link in this post by AnnetteB6 does not work

Re: Form 7206

CatinaT1 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:53:13 GMT

This is a know issue. You can sign up for updates here: Why isn't my MAGI on Form 8582 not including my full self-employment health deduction?

Re: Form 7206

dsmccar — Mon, 13 May 2024 18:42:32 GMT

Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved in the desktop version? I filed for an extension, but when I pull up my return, I still see Form 7206 which is (a) not necessary since there is only one source of Schedule C income and (b) not filled out correctly, since line 1 is blank. I still can't delete 7206, and populating line 1 causes an excess deduction. I can't believe that 4 weeks after taxes were due, this problem has still not been resolved. Should I attempt to file as is and see if I get a rejection?

Re: Form 7206

dsmccar — Wed, 15 May 2024 19:32:07 GMT

Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved in the desktop version? I filed for an extension, but when I pull up my return on TurboTax, I still see Form 7206 which is (a) not necessary since there is only one source of Schedule C income and (b) not filled out correctly, since line 1 is blank and line 14 is zero. I still can't delete 7206, and populating line 1 causes an excess deduction. Line 17 on Schedule 1 is correctly populated. I can't believe that 4 weeks after taxes were due, this problem has still not been resolved. Should I attempt to file as is and see if I get a rejection?

@CatinaT1 @AnnetteB6 @iusdcm1

Re: Form 7206

iusdcm1 — Wed, 15 May 2024 19:55:25 GMT

I was never able to get Form 7206 to work correctly. I was able to get around it by including my health insurance premium as an itemized deduction because I reached the limit. Obviously this is not an option for many people.

Re: Form 7206

dsmccar — Wed, 15 May 2024 20:13:39 GMT

@iusdcm1

Thanks for your reply. On a different thread, I got the advice from an Employee Tax Expert to update the software (!), e-file, and if it bounces, paper file. At this point, I will e-file and hope it goes through. If it goes through, I am banking on the hope that hundreds of thousands must have filed that way, that Intuit and the IRS have been in touch, and that the Service is aware of the issue and isn't sending notices if 7206 line 14 and Schedule 1 line 17 don't match. This is genuinely exasperating.

Re: Form 7206

iusdcm1 — Wed, 15 May 2024 20:16:49 GMT

I cannot agree more. I feel like Turbo Tax really let us down on this one!

Re: Form 7206

lac528 — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:21:26 GMT

@dsmccar @CatinaT1 @iusdcm1 @AnnetteB6 @Matttax @SteveA1

What is the status of this issue as of April 2025?

Can desktop users of TurboTax e-file with Form 7206 now? TurboTax still lists Form 7206 as "Unsupported" for e-filing for Windows and Mac users. But I have seen people post that they've been able to e-file with it. Is that true?

Also even if you can e-file, Form 7206 is not filled out correctly by TurboTax and they put a footnote at the bottom regarding marketplace premiums not being included on the form. Should we just e-file with the form not filled out properly but not worry about it as long as our Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction on Schedule 1 is correct? Or should we go into Forms mode and manually fix Form 7206 to make it accurate and then e-file? I do know the correct numbers the form should have. So I could add them. But then it would be strange because it seems to still have the footnote saying those premiums aren't on the worksheet when in that case they would be.

Can anyone share how they've handled this or the best way to handle it now?

Re: Form 7206

DianeW777 — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 17:25:17 GMT

It depends. Form 7206 is not available for e-file in TurboTax Desktop. It is available in TurboTax Online.

Tax Form Availability (Select Online or Desktop depending on your software)
Make sure your Form 7206 is correct when you print and mail your tax return. Switch to Forms to manually edit the form.

@lac528

@cowdogman

[Edited: 04/05/2025 | 10:24 AM PST]

Re: Form 7206

lac528 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 04:44:41 GMT

I was able to e-file with Form 7206 on TurboTax Home & Business 2024. IRS accepted the federal return.

@DianeW777 See my post in this other thread for more details and what TurboTax should do to address this situation so it's not still an issue for 2025 taxes.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-form-7206-cannot-be-efiled/01/3630115/highlight/true#M1340577