Yes, if you itemize your deduction, union dues would be a miscellaneous itemized deduction subject to the 2% of Adjusted Gross Income limitation or if you are self-employed and file a Schedule C, business income and expenses, you can deduct the union dues as a ordinary and necessary expense.
To claim your Union
Dues as an Miscellaneous Itemized
Deduction in TutboTax Premier:
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Click
on the Personal tab
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Click
the Deductions & Credits tab
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Click I'll choose what I work on
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Scroll
down to Employment Expenses
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On the Job-Related
Expense line, click Start
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On the Employment
Expenses Related to a W-2 screen,
select No, and click Continue
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On the Did
you have any of these expenses in 2016?, select Yes
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Click
through the screens until you come to
Job-Related Expenses screen,
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Under the Description
Column type Union Dues, and type the amount
in the Amount column.
