Question

Medical Expense value is wrong on Schedule A line 1.

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February 9, 2023
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I have called Turbo Tax customer service to fix this but although they worked hard on my problem, it still isn't fixed. When I am using either Standard Deduction or Itemized, I cannot edit the Medical Expenses section of deductions. When I click on 'edit' a screen pops up saying "We checked and this deduction won't affect your taxes" with no opportunity to enter more info. Well, it might affect my taxes if I could enter some numbers. I don't even recall being prompted to enter any info for Medical Expenses when I was completing my return. BUT, line 1 of Schedule A does have a $ figure in it, however there is no Medical Expenses Worksheet (which feeds that line 1 on Schedule A) to be found anywhere (I saved the very long version- about 100 pages- of the return and can't find the worksheet there).

So can someone tell me how do I get rid of that $ figure on line 1 Schedule A and get a worksheet going to figure out the correct $ figure and have it inserted into line 1 Schedule A? And then edit the Medical Expenses section too.

My Turbo Tax screen says "Premium" but my closest choice for selecting a product in order to submit this request looks like "Premier" which is what I selected.

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JulieS

Yes, TurboTax will carry your health insurance information from the ACA insurance section, your Medicare premium from 1099-SA and your self-employed health insurance to the medical expenses section. This amount will appear on line 1 of Schedule A.

You should be able to enter your medical and dental expenses even if it won't help you.

The first question in the section is "Did you spend more than $XXX on medical expenses in 2022?" If you want to enter your expenses anyway, you must answer this question Yes.

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TaxFrank2Author

Hi Julie, thanks for the response. But still, I am not able to access a way to enter medical expenses. I don't see a way to attach a screenshot of the page that comes up when I try to 'edit' or even 'revisit' medical expenses. Again, the page just says 'We checked, and this deduction won't affect your taxes'

and below that it says 'We'll keep looking for other tax breaks for you'.

If you are saying that this first question "Did you spend more than $XXX on medical expenses in 2022?" is within this section (Medical Expenses) then I cannot access it. There must be a way.

Also, I did input my ACA 1095-A but if I total up my actual premiums paid, it is a bit less than what I am seeing on Line 1 Schedule A. Not sure why there would be a difference unless something else gets added to that figure, besides medical expenses. And again, I don't recall even being prompted to start adding medical expenses. BTW, I do need to pay back some of the ACA premium credit.

I've done some calculating and it is possible that I can get a benefit from adding medical expenses.

Any help is so appreciated!

AliciaP1

You can change you Medical Expenses entries by logging back into your TurboTax Desktop program and following the steps below.

Click on the Federal Taxes tab.
Select the Deductions & Credits tab.
On the screen titled How do you want to enter your deductions and credits?, select I'll choose what I work on.
Scroll down to Medical and click Edit for Medical Expenses
On the Did you spend more than $XXX on medical expenses screen, click Yes
You can proceed with entering your medical expenses but you will need to add in the ACA premium amount that already shows on your Schedule A