wait for more definitive answers or possible exceptions but I think a lot of previously deductible expenses of an employee are no longer deductible
per jklasser.com : To the extent you can claim a current tax deduction, the pain of the cost of attorney's fees can be eased somewhat. ... Attorney's fees that have been deductible (for 2017 and earlier years) as a miscellaneous itemized deduction subject to the2%-of-AGI floor will no longer be deductible at all starting in 2018.Jan 15, 2018
Disclaimer: Not a tax professional. Information gathered from internet links. Anything dated in June 2019 was posted in prior years and is before the 2019 limits and changes.
