topic Can I deduct the health ins premiums that my husband pays his employer to have me on his health plan where he works if I am self employed? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-deduct-the-health-ins-premiums-that-my-husband-pays-his-employer-to-have-me-on-his-health-plan/01/391902#M49457 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:26:59 GMT Anonymous 2019-06-04T19:26:59Z Can I deduct the health ins premiums that my husband pays his employer to have me on his health plan where he works if I am self employed? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-deduct-the-health-ins-premiums-that-my-husband-pays-his-employer-to-have-me-on-his-health-plan/01/391902#M49457 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:26:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-deduct-the-health-ins-premiums-that-my-husband-pays-his-employer-to-have-me-on-his-health-plan/01/391902#M49457 Anonymous 2019-06-04T19:26:59Z Not if he is paying them with pretax money. If the premiu... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/not-if-he-is-paying-them-with-pretax-money-if-the-premiu/01/391908#M49459 <P>Not if he is paying them with pretax money. If the premiums are taken directly out of his paycheck, then the amount is not likely to be included in box 1 of his W2.&nbsp; This means that money was never taxed, therefore, if you claimed it again you would be getting a double tax break on the same money. The IRS does not allow that.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:27:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/not-if-he-is-paying-them-with-pretax-money-if-the-premiu/01/391908#M49459 Vanessa 2019-06-04T19:27:00Z