Medical Tax Deductions

Medical expenses can be claimed as itemized tax deductions if your health care costs are above a certain amount.

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Who benefits from medical tax deductions?

Medical tax deductions offer relief to taxpayers with high annual health care costs.

Itemizing medical tax deductions

Medical expenses over 7.5% of your AGI can be counted as itemized tax deductions.

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Expenses that are considered medical tax deductions include:

  • Health care costs for which you have not received reimbursement
  • Medical procedures - surgery, doctor visits, tests, and therapy
  • Medical insurance premiums
  • Laser eye surgery
  • Medicines
  • Dental treatment
  • Eyeglasses

Click here for a complete list of expenses considered to be medical tax deductions.

Click here for a list of expenses not considered medical tax deductions.

Itemizing medical tax deductions

Total your unreimbursed medical expenses.

Save your medical bills and payment statements as proof.

File for 1040 and enter your itemized medical expenses on Schedule A. Or efile.

Related IRS publications

Get more information about medical tax deductions by reading IRS Publication 502.

If you file a paper tax return, you need to enter the total of your tax deductible items on your Schedule A. If you e-file, this is automatically done for you .

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