Why line 33099 (medical expenses) not zero even if no medical expenses have been submitted (and not checked in Tax Profile section)? Thank you

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Line 33099 (Medical Expenses) in TurboTax frequently displays a non-zero amount despite no manual entries because it auto-fills data from your tax slips (T4 or T4A).Line 33099 (Medical Expenses) in TurboTax frequently displays a non-zero amount despite no manual entries because it auto-fills data from your tax slips (T4 or T4A).

Even if you do not explicitly enter medical expenses, TurboTax will pull information from specific boxes on your employer-provided slips, classifying them as "phantom" or automatic medical expenses.

Check if any of these apply to you:

• T4 Box 85 (Private Health Services Plan Premiums): If your employer deducted private health insurance premiums through payroll, this amount is reported here. TurboTax automatically pulls this to line 33099.
• T4A Box 135 (Provincial Medical Premiums): Similar to T4, premiums paid to a provincial plan can be auto-filled from a T4A.
• Unused Carry Forward: You may have a medical expense amount carried forward from the previous year's tax return.

If you believe this amount is incorrect, you must check your T4 entries or delete the auto-filled data.

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Data were from our T4As. Thank you.