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February 25, 2025
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Work from home expenses in a hybrid role

  • February 25, 2025
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TurboTax asks for an annual amount for heat, hydro, electricity, water, etc. There was a field in previous versions of TurboTax whereby a user could input the number of days worked from home. That field no longer exists. Should there not be a field as two users might have identical expenses however one user may have worked 111 days of the year whereas the second user might have worked 245 days from home in the tax year? This is especially important for hybrid roles. The calculations of allowable expenses should be different based on the number of days worked - in the detailed method. 

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    February 25, 2025

     

    Can I deduct job-related expenses on my tax return?

     

     

    Sorry---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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