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Are these partnership expenses that you pay but are not reimbursed?

If Schedule K-1 came from Form 1065, and you were required to pay these expenses under the partnership agreement, you may report your expenses on Schedule E (Partnership Income) as "Unreimbursed Partnership Expenses" (UPE). In this case, TurboTax will ask you about UPE, with follow-up entry at the end of the Schedule K-1 input (see below).

But if the partnership agreement specifically states that the partnership has a non-reimbursement policy when expenses are incurred outside of the partnership or that it does not specifically require partners to pay for certain expenses, the deduction may be disallowed at the partner level. 

If you qualify to report Unreimbursed Partnership Expenses, you will enter this during the interview for the related Schedule K-1.

1. Go to Income >> Schedule K-1 >> Start/Update
2. Choose Partnership/LLC and Add or Edit your K-1.
3. Follow the prompts to a page titled "Describe the Partnership."
4. Check the box for "I am required to pay supplemental business expenses on behalf of this partnership/LLC for which I am not reimbursed."
5. Answer "yes" to the question about "...your own pocket?".
6. Answer "yes" to the question about vehicle expenses (if applicable).
7. Continue to enter your vehicle information.
8. If you do not own the vehicle (ex: the Partnership holds the title), you will be able to report expenses but you won't be able to use the standard mileage method.
9. Continue to the end to see your total vehicle deduction.
10. You will be given the opportunity to report other expenses on subsequent pages.
11. Be sure to report any reimbursements you received from the partnership.
12. Continue back to the K-1 Summary page to save your entries.

If you have TurboTax for Desktop, you can use the Forms icon to view your entries on the Supplemental Business Expenses Worksheet (Suppl Exp - P) under the related K-1 Partner for this Partnership.