Where to enter self-employment health insurance deduction? I'm a S-corp owner

[alohaTy]

I am an owner (>2% shareholder) of a small S-Corp. So I first used TurboTax Business to produce the S-Corp return, which included the K-1 Income for my personal return. I am now using TT Premier for my personal return.

Last year for the first time my business started to pay for health insurance for me (and my family). It's a 100% company expense, not taken out of my paycheck, and it is included as part of my taxable wages (Box 1 of W-2). However, my understanding is that I can still take the health insurance premiums as a deduction on my personal return. It appears in the forms it's in Schedule 1, Line 16, but the box doesn't appear editable. How do I claim this deduction?

Note: this year I didn't purchase TT Home & Business version since last year I noticed I didn't really use the Business side.

Thanks.

[Critter · Accepted solution]

Return to the K-1 entry screen and look for this screen in the interview :

[alohaTy]

They should reword it, since I did not "personally" pay for the health insurance out-of-pocket (the premiums are paid by the business), but it appears you are correct if I click on the Learn More link that this is where I would get the deduction. Thank you.

[Critter]

But you did pay for it since it was part of your wages paid by the corporation ... if they did not pay you wages and report them on a W-2 then you cannot take the deduction.  It is phrased correctly per the IRS regulations on the matter. 

[alohaTy]

The payments for the monthly premiums came directly from the company bank account; I did not "personally" pay for the premiums out of my bank account nor is it deducted pre-tax from my paycheck (since I am >2% S-Corp shareholder). However, they are reported as wages (Box 1 on W-2)...

[Critter]

Ok ... think about it ...  you did pay via the corp because the payments were included in your wages.  You may not have sent a check from your personal account but you did pay indirectly thru the corp ... this way you simply skipped the "middle man".