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Are legal fees for reviewing severance agreements tax deductible?

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June 1, 2019
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In 2015, an attorney reviewed a severance agreement for me prior to my separation from my employer. I would like to know whether or not his fees can be listed as a deduction on my 2015 income taxes.

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Best answer by DanielDB

They probably fall under the unreimbursed employee expenses or other expenses on schedule A. You can find more information on this in Publication 529

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p529/ar02.html

However, those expenses are only deductible if you itemize your deductions and then you can only deduct those expenses that over over 2% of your adjusted gross income (TurboTax does that calculation for you).

Hope that helps

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DanielDBAnswer

They probably fall under the unreimbursed employee expenses or other expenses on schedule A. You can find more information on this in Publication 529

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p529/ar02.html

However, those expenses are only deductible if you itemize your deductions and then you can only deduct those expenses that over over 2% of your adjusted gross income (TurboTax does that calculation for you).

Hope that helps