can I group medical expenses together or do I break them down by catagory

[sdowney1951]

Do I do separate the medical totals for hospital, doctor, prescription, dental

[DawnC]

You can group them all together on the other medical expenses paid screen, but you need to keep records of the detail in case of inquiry.  Do not duplicate anything you include in the total.   

The interview goes through each category and those categories are each reported on the Medical Expenses worksheet.   But only the total of that worksheet goes to Schedule A.    

You can only deduct the expenses that are in excess of 7.5% of your adjusted gross income (AGI) and you must itemize instead of taking the standard deduction.