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My spouse and child are on my employer insurance but I pay their premiums. Are those payments deductible?

 
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My spouse and child are on my employer insurance but I pay their premiums. Are those payments deductible?

How do you pay the premiums?  Do you pay with out of pocket funds?  Or are the premiums paid pre-tax so you are not taxed on the funds used for the premium payment?

My spouse and child are on my employer insurance but I pay their premiums. Are those payments deductible?

Pre-tax deduction from my wages.

My spouse and child are on my employer insurance but I pay their premiums. Are those payments deductible?


@aardshark88 wrote:

Pre-tax deduction from my wages.


Since the payments are pre-tax they are not deductible on a tax return.

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