Question

Where can I enter medical expenses on my california state return?

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February 14, 2024
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TurboTax mentions that medical expenses may be deducted for State returns even if not applicable on federal. However, there's no place to enter medical expenses. Is this an oversight on TurboTax?

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DawnC

Employee

You enter all your medical expenses in the federal section, even if you are taking the standard deduction. TurboTax will transfer them to your state return.

How to enter your medical expenses

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mowknow

Employee

Turbotax is preventing me from changing my medical expenses with the message "Right now, the Standard Deduction saves you the most on taxes.", and no option to edit them. I saw elsewhere that I could have to delete schedule A to enable editing (and presumably re-enter a load of data), but I do not see a schedule A when I click tax tools/tools/delete a form.

AmyC

Employee

Since you are not itemizing on the federal, you would not have a sch A to delete. You should be able to go back to the deductions and credits section of the return. Locate medical, select the drop down and enter expenses.

@mowknow