Deductions & credits

Home repairs are NOT deductible  on your personal home. You don't enter them anywhere. Home repairs are your responsibility as a homeowner to keep your property in good condition. Minor repairs, staging for a open house, and other costs associated with selling your house are simply not deductible.  Permanent improvements reduce your cost basis which may reduce your capital gains tax if you are subject to capital gains tax. But they are not deductions either.