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posted Jun 14, 2024 7:08:02 PM

Can you deduct professional license expense and required certification expense?

Nurse and this is w2 work

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Level 15
Jun 14, 2024 7:25:36 PM

As an employee you can’t deduct those costs from your federal return. Your state may have different rules. 

Level 15
Jun 15, 2024 8:15:57 AM

Sorry---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

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/employees-deduct-job-related-expenses/L5b07gqy7_US_en_US?uid=lwhvwyxj