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Health insurance credit for first responders

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February 25, 2025
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I'm doing taxes for my retired fire fighter brother and can't find anywhere to put the health insurance credit of $3,000 for premiums paid. I volunteer to do taxes for AARP and that's a question when entering a 1099R. Where do I enter this information in Turbo Tax.

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MinhT1

As a retired Public Safety Officer, you can deduct up to $3,000 for Health insurance from your pension.

The law no longer requires that the pension fund directly deduct the amount paid for health insurance.

If this is the case, this is how to enter the amount of health insurance you paid in TurboTax.

In TurboTax Online, please follow these steps:

After you have entered your form 1099-R, continue the questionnaire until you arrive at a page titled Do any of these situations apply to you?
Put a check mark next to This money is from being a Public Safety Officer and click Continue
On the next page, click on the box Yes, money was taken out to pay for Health Insurance
On the next page, enter an amount up to $3,000 and click Continue
The amount will be excluded from taxation.

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