Yes.
If she is self-employed, she will be able to claim a business expense related to using products for display/demonstration purposes as part of her miscellaneous expense.
If she is an employee and is not reimbursed for these display/demonstration purchases, she will be able to claim an employment related miscellaneous expense as supplies for demonstration.
To report if self-employed -
Once you have signed
into your TurboTax Account (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here , then select "Take Me to My
Return"), type "Schedule C" in the search bar then select
"jump to Schedule C". (This may require an upgrade to enter your
self-employed business income and expenses.)
If these expenses are not related to a category lists
under the "Other Common Business Expenses", then report these
business expenses under "Other Miscellaneous Expenses."
Alternatively, To enter these business expenses
into TurboTax Online (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here) or Desktop, please follow these
steps:
- Once you are in your tax
return, click on the “Business"” tab
- Next click on “I’ll choose
what I work on” (jump to full list)
- Scroll down the screen until
to come to the section “Business Income and Expense”
- Choose “Profit or Loss from
Business ” and select start/revisit/update.
- If your business is already
listed, choose to "edit"
- You will eventually get
to a screen titled "Your () Business"
- Scroll down to Business
Expenses and select "Other Common Business Expenses".
- Select "Other
Miscellaneous Expenses" and enter here as "demonstration supplies.
Please refer to this
IRS link for more information about Business
Expenses
To report if employee -
These
job-related expenses may not be fully deductible because they are
subject to a 2% AGI limitation and are only deductible if you itemize.
To enter your job-related expenses in TurboTax
Online or Desktop (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here),
please follow these steps:
- Once
you are in your tax return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab
- Next click on “Deductions and
credits”
- Next click on "jump to
full list" or “I’ll choose what I work on”
- Scroll down the screen until
to come to the section “Employment Expenses”
- Choose "show more",
then Job-related expenses and follow the onscreen instructions
- Say "yes" to
question "Did you have any of these expenses in 2016 for your W-2
income?" under the screen titled "Employment Expenses Related
to a W-2".
- after about 6 to 10
question screens, you will get to a screen titled "Any Other
Expenses" you can put this information here
