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My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

airman7733 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:28:01 GMT

Re: My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

mesquitebean — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:38:00 GMT

More info will be needed for someone to comment. What do you mean by "works for?" Is she an employee receiving a W2 for wages and withholding? Or is she self-employed as an independent contractor and will get a 1099-MISC?

Re: My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:36:43 GMT

Does she get a W-2 from the employer? Or is she an independent contractor?

If she is a W-2 employee, there are no job-related expenses deductible on your federal return. The new tax law eliminated job-related expenses for W-2 employees.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-reform/help/which-federal-tax-deductions-have-been-suspended-by-tax-reform/00/25565

If she is an independent contractor then she needs to file as self-employed, and prepare a Schedule C for her business expenses, whatever those may be. (Boots, gloves, scoopers....?)

She will also have to pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare as well as ordinary income tax.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2903027-how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901340-where-do-i-enter-schedule-c

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3398950-what-self-employed-expenses-can-i-deduct

Re: My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

airman7733 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:45:20 GMT

My apologies for not supplying enough info. She is an employee that will receive a w-2

Re: My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:01:50 GMT

Then--sorry--there are no deductions for your federal return for her job-related expenses.