If you are an
employee who will receive a W-2, you can claim your unreimbursed employee
expenses on Form 2106.
Expenses that you pay out of pocket are claimed on Form
2106. Then, the total amount from that
form is included as part of Schedule A, Itemized Deductions. This means that in order to receive a tax
benefit for claiming unreimbursed employee expenses, you must be using itemized
deductions.
To go to the section of your return to enter your expenses,
use these steps:
On the top row of the
TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax
locate the search box in the upper right corner)
This opens a box where you
can type in “2106” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click
the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
The search results will
give you an option to “Jump to 2106”
Click on the blue “Jump
to 2106” link
