Clergy Housing Allowance Expenses

[pizzagirl34]

My husband is Full time clergy and we live in the church parsonage. His w-2 provides for the Housing Allowance, however, where do I account for additional housing allowance expenses above and beyond this?  For example, new appliances, landscaping, an above ground pool, new furniture, etc.

[ThomasM125]

You get an income exemption from tax equal to the lesser of the housing allowance, the actual cost of maintaining the house or the fair market rental value of the house. So, additional expenses you incurred above the housing allowance would not allow you any additional deductions.