For the 2019 tax year, you can deduct only the part of your medical and dental expenses that exceeds 10% of the amount of your adjusted gross income (AGI).
Example: Your adjusted gross income is $100,000. Your medical and dental expenses total $15,000. Only the amount over 10% of your adjusted gross income, $10,000 will be used for this credit. Therefore, you could claim $5,000 of the $15,000 medical and dental expenses. This amount, $5,000 is the amount over the 10% of your adjusted gross income ($15,000 minus $10,000).
To enter your expenses in the program, go to:
- Federal Section
- Deductions
- Enter Myself
- Itemized Deductions
- Medical and Dental Expenses – enter the total expenses here and the program will calculate the expenses allowed, based off of your AGI threshold.
For the 2018 and 2017 tax year , you may claim the medical and dental expenses as an itemized deduction. Only the medical and dental expenses that are over 7.5% (0.075) of your adjusted gross income (AGI) may be claimed as an itemized deduction.
For the 2016 tax year, You generally can deduct only the part of your medical and dental expenses that exceeds 10% of your AGI. However, if either you or your spouse was born before January 2, 1952, you can deduct the part of your medical and dental expenses that exceeds 7.5% of your AGI
REMINDER: Your total itemized deductions must be more than the standard deduction before it will override the standard deduction.
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