Can each spouse make a medical claim separate from each other?

[westow45]

The program claims all the medical on one return and there is an excess. How do you go about claiming the excess on the spouses return

[TonyC11 · Accepted solution]

Don't split your medical claims unless you have to!
You could lose a tax credit amount equal to 3% of either Net Income or $2208 which ever is more.

If you really must split medical, you need to prepare returns separately, NOT using joint prep.

Don't accept a statement from software that your expense can trigger an audit.
At most, CRA will ask to see receipts, so keep them.