quebec Medical Expenses -QC

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I noticed online, when entering an amount from Box J on Releve 1, that the ufile claims the amount is a benefit, which is included in Box A.

This is correct, as it is the amount paid to a private health plan by the employer on behalf of the employee.

But ufile also claims it is a medical expense deduction and will be added to medical expenses. This isn't correct in my case.

Luckily it doesn't add it anyway.

I do have a box 235 on the Releve 1, that is the amount that should be used for the medical expenses. There was no option to add this box to my Releve 1.

I did have the option to add the amount in Box 85 on my T4, which correctly added the amount to my medical expenses.

It was all confusing.

 

 

 

[Norman Kling]

On the Quebec return, since employer-paid premiums for health and dental insurance is treated as taxable benefit it is indeed a legitimate medical related expense and could/should be claimed. )This is not the case though for the federal return where only a employer-paid group life insurance premium is treated as a taxable benefit.) Any employee-paid premium for health and dental can be claimed as a medical expense on both the Quebec and federal returns. It is too bad that Ufile does not allow you to see the details on Schedule 3 of the Quebec return (nor the underlying details on the federal return).

[Norman Kling]

In my previous reply I referred to 'Schedule 3' of the Quebec return. I really meant to write 'Schedule B' which is where the medical expense is dealt with.