I don't fully understand the purpose of the the PA Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses form.
I did my federal return on TurboTax with my husband filing jointly. My husband is retired and works enough on the rental properties we own that TurboTax considers him an "active real estate professional." He deducted all the expenses for managing the rental properties in the rental section of the federal TurboTax section. Are these automatically imported by TurboTax into the PA state federal return or do I have to enter them again manually? Is this where PA Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses comes in? I was confused because my husband is retired, not employed by someone else, and only works on the rental properties (so in some sense a self-employed real estate professional). Should we reclaim the rental expenses, including vehicle expenses, on PA state return under Employee Business Expenses, or does this not apply to us as he is not employed by someone else and these weren't expenses incurred for employment by someone else?
Secondly, I am an educator. I claimed educator expenses on the federal return. Is this carried over to the PA state tax return? Or do I have to manually enter my educator expenses in the reimbursed business expenses of the PA return again?
Thank you.
