topic My wife has been self-employed all year and I joined her in August. We are also insured through the Affordable Care Act through Healthcare.gov. I am seeing where we can enter information for an additional self-employed tax credit. Would this apply to us in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-has-been-self-employed-all-year-and-i-joined-her-in-august-we-are-also-insured-through-the/01/423317#M174489 Should I not take the additional credit, take the additional credit for the months we were both self-employed, or take the additional credit for the whole year? Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:19:03 GMT ecada 2019-06-04T21:19:03Z My wife has been self-employed all year and I joined her in August. We are also insured through the Affordable Care Act through Healthcare.gov. I am seeing where we can enter information for an additional self-employed tax credit. Would this apply to us https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-has-been-self-employed-all-year-and-i-joined-her-in-august-we-are-also-insured-through-the/01/423317#M174489 Should I not take the additional credit, take the additional credit for the months we were both self-employed, or take the additional credit for the whole year? Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:19:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-has-been-self-employed-all-year-and-i-joined-her-in-august-we-are-also-insured-through-the/01/423317#M174489 ecada 2019-06-04T21:19:03Z The additional benefit for self-employed insurance is a d... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-additional-benefit-for-self-employed-insurance-is-a-d/01/423323#M174491 The additional benefit for self-employed insurance is a deduction of the premium in calculating your adjusted gross income. It is not a tax credit.<BR /><BR />You can claim the health insurance premiums write-off for months when neither you nor your spouse were eligible to participate in an employer-subsidized health plan. Premiums paid for a policy obtained through the Affordable Care Act would qualify for this deduction.<BR /><BR />See the article below for additional information.<BR /><BR /><A target="_blank" href="https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Self-Employment-Taxes/Deducting-Health-Insurance-Premiums-If-You-re-Self-Employed/INF12128.html">https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Self-Employment-Taxes/Deducting-Health-Insurance-Premiums-If-You-re-Self-Employed/INF12128.html</A> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:19:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-additional-benefit-for-self-employed-insurance-is-a-d/01/423323#M174491 Fern 2019-06-04T21:19:04Z