I am a Foreign Service Officer allowed to deduct expenses for home leave. How is that captured in Turbo Tax? Do I enter it under Job Expenses or other?

[DS30 · Accepted solution]

You would enter your expenses as Foreign Services Officer under the section for unreimbursed job-related expenses. These are deductible miscellaneous expenses that are subject to a 2% AGI limitation and are only deductible if you itemize.

To enter your job-related expenses in TurboTax Online or Desktop (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here), please follow these steps:

1. Once you are in your tax return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab
2. Next click on “Deductions and credits”
3. Next click on "jump to full list" or “I’ll choose what I work on”
4. Scroll down the screen until to come to the section “Employment Expenses”
5. Choose "show more", then Job-related expenses and follow the onscreen instructions

• Say "yes" to question "Did you have any of these expenses in 2017 for your W-2 income?" under the screen titled "Employment Expenses Related to a W-2".
• after about 6 to 10 question screens, you will get to a screen titled "Any Other Expenses" you can put this information here