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Deductions & credits
A couple of things. It looks like you are using TurboTax Premier to file. If so, you were able to enter your home office expenses under the itemized deduction section, but, you did not get a deduction for this. This used to be a Schedule A Itemized expense but was eliminated for tax years 2018-2025. The reason you can still enter these expenses are because some states still allow for employee business expenses. If your state does not allow this deduction, then you did not receive any type of deduction from entering your home office.
In order to actually claim a home office expense in TurboTax on your federal return, you would have to use TurboTax Home and Business or TurboTax Self-Employed and file a Schedule C. If you did not do this, then you do not need to make any changes to your return.
If you did do file a form Schedule C, you would have had to enter more than just your W-2 or you would have entered your W-2 in the wrong area.
You can check your return to see that your W-2 wages are on line 1 of your 1040 and that you do not have a Schedule C attached. If you they are you and you do not, then you are fine.
If you somehow ended up claiming your W-2 as self-employment income, then you will need to wait until your return is accepted, and then you can amend your return.
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