Can I claim mileage for work and/or hotel costs while I worked in KS for two months last year? (all other months I lived in TN) if possible, where would I add this info?

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

Are you a W-2 employee?

-W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return.  Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond.  Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

If you are preparing a return for a state that lets you deduct job-related expenses, the information will flow from your federal return  to the state return, so enter it in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses

If you are self-employed then you add such expenses to your Schedule C with other business expenses.