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Where do I enter Home Repairs and Home Improvements?

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June 7, 2019
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Which sections do I enter Home Repairs and Home Improvements? I have receipts..

TurboTax Deluxe Online

Nowhere. repairs and improvements to your primary residence or 2nd home are not deductible. However, property improvements add to the cost basis of your house. But you don't report those anywhere. Those costs won't matter until the year one of three things happens in your life.

1) You sell the house
2) You convert the property to a rental
3) You die.

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vjr62

Where do I enter Home Repairs for when sale home tax year 2016?
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JillWachter

If you own your home, work from home, & have a home office you can put repairs made to the office on Form 8829, line 20.

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xmasbaby0

@JillWachter What you said applies only for folks who are self-employed.

W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return. Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond. Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

If you live in a state that lets you deduct job-related expenses, the information will flow from your federal return to the state return, so enter it in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses

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