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Susan80
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April 6, 2025
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Self-employed health insurance deduction

  • April 6, 2025
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I'm self-employed and have Medicare. I paid for my 24-year-old son's health insurance through the Marketplace, but he is not otherwise a dependent and will file his own tax return. Can I enter a 1095-A for him and link that to my Schedule C? (I tried this and TurboTax said that he has to be listed on the return, but since he's not a dependent, it won't let me enter him on the form.) 

 

The other possibility is entering the 1095-A on his tax return. 

 

Thank you!

 

Susan

Best answer by MaryK4

If you are not claiming your son as a dependent, he will have to enter the 1095-A information on his tax return. 

You will have to enter as Health Insurance Premiums in the expenses section of your business to get the deduction.  

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MaryK4
MaryK4Answer
Level 15
April 6, 2025

If you are not claiming your son as a dependent, he will have to enter the 1095-A information on his tax return. 

You will have to enter as Health Insurance Premiums in the expenses section of your business to get the deduction.  

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