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posted Mar 6, 2024 6:54:49 AM

Can I add meal expenses from my job

My job let's us use or badge for food where can I deduct the about I paid

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Expert Alumni
Mar 6, 2024 7:00:31 AM

If you're an employee, these expenses aren't deductible.

 

Up to tax year 2017, job-related expenses were deductible as an itemized deduction subject to the 2% of AGI floor.

 

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, itemized deductions for job-related expenses subject to the 2% of AGI floor are suspended for expenses incurred after December 31, 2017 through 2025.

 

 

Level 15
Mar 6, 2024 7:00:43 AM

If you are a W-2 employee there are no federal deductions for job-related expenses.

 

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 live in 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