If your health insurance premiums are deducted post-tax from your retirement checks, they are deductible as Medical expenses.
You can claim all medical and dental bills, prescription drugs and health insurance premiums paid out-of-pocket as Medical Expenses in Schedule A - Itemized Deductions
For tax year 2023, Medical Expenses are subject to the 7.5% rule and you can only claim the excess over 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income.
Please note that Itemized Deductions will only benefit your taxes when they exceed your standard deduction.
For tax year 2023, standard deductions are:
- $27,700 for married couples whose filing status is “married filing jointly” and surviving spouses;
- $13,850 for singles and married couples whose filing status is “married filing separately”; and
- $20,800 for taxpayers whose filing status is “head of household.”
The additional standard deduction for a blind taxpayer—i.e. a taxpayer whose vision is less than 20/200— and for a taxpayer who is age 65 or older at the end of the year is for each instance:
- $1,500 for married individuals; and
- $1,850 for singles and heads of household.
In TurboTax Online, you can enter Medical expenses by following these steps:
- Open your tax return
- Click on the down arrow on the right of Federal in the left-hand column, then on Deductions & Credits
- Locate the section Medical and click on the arrow on the right
- Click Start next to Medical Expenses.
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[Edited 02/25/24 | 1:08PM PST]
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