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If you have income in Box 6, for medical and health payments, follow these instructions to enter into TurboTax:
Sign in and click Take Me To My Return if not already signed in to your return.
****You can also enter the amount in Box 7 instead of Box 6, as TurboTax and the IRS treat Box 6 and Box 7 income the same (self-employment). The entry process is the same as the above instructions.
The only reason its not in Box 7 is because of the line of work you are in. The IRS just requires medically-related income to go in that box. Per their own instruction, the income goes on Schedule C. Medical payments can be reported in Box 6 or 7 on your tax return since the result will be the same.
[Updated for new TurboTax version on 02/08/18]
If you have income in Box 6, for medical and health payments, follow these instructions to enter into TurboTax:
Sign in and click Take Me To My Return if not already signed in to your return.
****You can also enter the amount in Box 7 instead of Box 6, as TurboTax and the IRS treat Box 6 and Box 7 income the same (self-employment). The entry process is the same as the above instructions.
The only reason its not in Box 7 is because of the line of work you are in. The IRS just requires medically-related income to go in that box. Per their own instruction, the income goes on Schedule C. Medical payments can be reported in Box 6 or 7 on your tax return since the result will be the same.
[Updated for new TurboTax version on 02/08/18]
In the past my client has listed the medical and health care services I provide in the nonemployee compensation box. For 2020, for whatever reason, they put it in the Medical and Health care payments box. When I moved the amount from nonemployee compensation to Medical and Health care payments, my refund shot up like a rocket! When I looked at the Schedule C, it had not counted all of that income as taxable!!!!! This is WRONG! What is going on??????
If you added the 1099-MISC Medical Payments but have not completed the Schedule C business section, the refund will be higher because TurboTax does not have all of the calculations. After you enter all the business information, the refund will be more accurate.
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