Deductions & credits

You say your wife has a "work from home" job--but you did not mention whether she will receive a W-2 or if she is an independent contractor who will be reporting self-employment income.   If she is a W-2 employee, she cannot deduct job-related expenses on your federal tax return.    If she is an independent contractor then her business expenses are entered on a Schedule C.

 

 

-W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return.  Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond.  Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

 

 

 

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