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Deductions & credits
Are you self-employed? If so, your home office goes on your Schedule C. You are posting your question from online Deluxe, which cannot be used for a Schedule C. If you have business expenses and need a Schedule C, you need online Premium or any version of the CD/download.
If you are a W-2 employee, there is no federal deduction for a home office.
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.
If you live in a state that lets you deduct job-related expenses, the information will flow from your federal return to the state return, so enter it in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses