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It depends. If they include the cost of the apartment in your W-2, box 1, and it's a qualified business expense for you, it could be deducted as job expenses, part of the itemized deductions. However, deducting job expenses can be very difficult because they are first limited (by 2% of your Adjusted Gross Income - AGI a subtotal on your tax return) and you must itemize to deduct these.
If the rent isn't on your W-2, then you wouldn't get any deduction for it because you're a basically already getting a deduction by not paying taxes on the pay. To check out the employee job expense section, follow the steps below.
It depends. If they include the cost of the apartment in your W-2, box 1, and it's a qualified business expense for you, it could be deducted as job expenses, part of the itemized deductions. However, deducting job expenses can be very difficult because they are first limited (by 2% of your Adjusted Gross Income - AGI a subtotal on your tax return) and you must itemize to deduct these.
If the rent isn't on your W-2, then you wouldn't get any deduction for it because you're a basically already getting a deduction by not paying taxes on the pay. To check out the employee job expense section, follow the steps below.
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