No. You will not be able to claim a personal deduction related to these TN taxes other than a job or work related expense.
For employees, you can only deduct this
license fee if it was required for your work and is considered ordinary
and necessary for your employment. Click this TurboTax link for additional
information about job-related expenses:
http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-deductions-and-credits-2/what-are-job-related-tax-deductions-930...
If you
report your income from a W-2, you can include these expenses as "job
related expenses" on Schedule A. Please note that you will only be able to
deduct these expenses if you itemize your deductions on your tax return.
TurboTax will guide you in determining if your tax liability will be less
through the standard deduction or itemized deductions.
To enter these business fees in TurboTax, sign into your
TurboTax account > select "Continue your return"(for TurboTax
Online sign-in, click Here , then select "Take Me to My
Return")>Federal Taxes tab > Deductions and Credits > "I'll
choose what I work on" > scroll down to "employment expenses
- job related expenses. Start this section and answer all the various
questions related job expenses until you get to a screen that's titled
"job-related expenses" where you can enter your license fees and
amounts
If you report your income as self-employment on
Schedule C, you will include this fee as a business expense under
"taxes and license"
Once you have signed into your TurboTax Account (for
TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here , then select "Take Me to My Return"), type
"Schedule C form" in the search bar then select "jump to
Schedule C form".
