You can claim all
medical bills and health insurance premiums paid out-of-pocket as Medical
Expenses in Schedule A - Itemized Deductions
Medical Expenses are
subject to the 10% rule (or 7.5% if you are over 65) and you can only claim the
excess over 10% (or 7.5%) of your Adjusted Gross Income.
Please note that
Itemized Deductions will only "help" when they exceed your standard
deduction.
For 2016, standard
deductions are:
For a taxpayer under
65, not claimed as a dependent
- $6,300 for Single
- $12,600 for Married Filing
Jointly, or Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child
- $9,300 for Head of Household
- $6,300 for Married Filing
Separately
- If you are over 65 or blind,
add $1,250 for each instance or add $1,550 each instance if single and not
a surviving spouse
In TurboTax, you can
enter Medical expenses by following these steps:
- Click on Federal
Taxes
- Click on Deductions
& Credits
- Under All Tax
breaks, locate
the section Medical and click on Show more
- Click Start next to Medical Expenses.
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