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Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

 
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ChristinaS
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Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

No. If you used tax-free HSA distributions to pay for medical expenses, you cannot also deduct them as itemized deductions.

The medical deduction starts with every dollar of medical expenses (excluding HSA) over 10% of your income if under 65. You can't include pretax insurance either, so its a hard deduction to get anyway.

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ChristinaS
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Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

No. If you used tax-free HSA distributions to pay for medical expenses, you cannot also deduct them as itemized deductions.

The medical deduction starts with every dollar of medical expenses (excluding HSA) over 10% of your income if under 65. You can't include pretax insurance either, so its a hard deduction to get anyway.

Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

Don't forget that the program will expect you to include HSA paid medical expenses in your itemized entries. It will automatically subtract the 1099-SA distribution from the total.
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Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

ChristinaS
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Do medical expenses paid with HSA accounts count as "medical expenses" in regards to the itemized deductions?

I was just responding to the tax question, but thanks for the Turbo tip!
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