Most W-2 employees cannot use business expenses as a deduction on a federal return, but qualified performing artists are one of the exceptions to that rule.
If you are a qualified performing artist, you will enter your expenses in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses
You are going to enter the name of your profession and on the next screen you will get to choose that you are a qualified performing artist---click on that.....and keep going to enter your expenses.
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