Enter the medical expenses that you paid out of pocket into
the Medical Expenses section of your
return. TurboTax will take you through
several different categories of expenses so that you know what can be
considered a deduction.
Medical expenses must exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income
(AGI) before they are deducted. If your
amount exceeds that threshold, then they will be included on Schedule A
Itemized Deductions along with other items such as mortgage interest, property
taxes, and charitable contributions among other things.
Use the following steps to get started entering your medical
expenses:
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On the top row of the
TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax
locate the search box in the upper right corner)
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This opens a box where you
can type in “medical expenses, sch a” (be sure to enter exactly as shown
here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click
Find)
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The search results will
give you an option to “Jump to medical expenses, sch a”
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Click on the blue “Jump
to medical expenses, sch a” link
