Yes, you can include in medical expenses the costs of buying,
training, and maintaining a guide dog or other service animal to assist a
visually-impaired or hearing-impaired person, or a person with other physical
disabilities, including emotional Support Animals expenses.
The costs of buying, training,
and maintaining a service animal to assist an individual with mental disabilities
may qualify as medical care if the taxpayer can establish that the taxpayer is using the service
animal primarily for medical care to alleviate a mental defect or illness and
that the taxpayer would not have paid the expenses but for the disease or
illness.
Where to enter medical
expenses in TurboTax:
While
inside the software and working on your return, type medical expenses, sch a in the Search at
the top of the screen (you may see a magnifying glass there). There will
be a popup that says Jump to medical
expenses, sch A. Select that to get to the general
area.
Please see the following link for a comprehensive
list of deductible medical expenses. IRS Medical Expenses
