topic Is it more beneficial to report an expense (a printer) used for both work and school as an education or a work expense? Both? Split it? in Education https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/is-it-more-beneficial-to-report-an-expense-a-printer-used-for-both-work-and-school-as-an-education/01/402855#M10753 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:06:17 GMT kyliejmul 2019-06-04T20:06:17Z Is it more beneficial to report an expense (a printer) used for both work and school as an education or a work expense? Both? Split it? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/is-it-more-beneficial-to-report-an-expense-a-printer-used-for-both-work-and-school-as-an-education/01/402855#M10753 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:06:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/is-it-more-beneficial-to-report-an-expense-a-printer-used-for-both-work-and-school-as-an-education/01/402855#M10753 kyliejmul 2019-06-04T20:06:17Z If you just purchased the printer this year you would nee... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/if-you-just-purchased-the-printer-this-year-you-would-nee/01/402864#M10754 <P>If you just purchased the printer this year you would need to allocate the expense based on use.&nbsp; So if you use it 75% for work and 25% for school, this is how you would allocate it.&nbsp; If you are self-employed and taking it as a business deduction, this would be a dollar for dollar decrease in your taxable income.&nbsp; For school, this just goes to the calculation of either of the education credits which are limited.&nbsp;</P><P>If you are using it as an employee as a job-related expense, your total employee expenses would need to be greater than 2% of your AGI and you would need to itemize your expenses to see any benefit from it.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:06:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/if-you-just-purchased-the-printer-this-year-you-would-nee/01/402864#M10754 Vanessa 2019-06-04T20:06:19Z