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mason2595
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I am in the Army National Guard; and I need to adjust my income for unreimbursed business expenses for drill mileage, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses.

Please, before you answer, read this article. I need to adjust my income so that I get a tax break for my mileage to drill. I travel very far to get to drill; and this tax break would be a blessing. This is the article:
http://www.military.com/money/personal-finance/taxes/secret-national-guard-and-reserve-tax-break-you...
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WillK
Intuit Alumni

I am in the Army National Guard; and I need to adjust my income for unreimbursed business expenses for drill mileage, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses.

You will need to file form 2106 non-reimburse employee expenses. This will allow you to claim the expenses that you have on your return, thus reducing your taxable income.

To enter in the expenses in the program: Job-related expenses are reported on Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses). 

Log on to your TurboTax account and click on the search button Enter in Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses) Click the Jump to 2106 link in the search results. 

At the Tell us about the occupation you have expenses for screen, enter your occupation. Click Continue, and follow the onscreen instructions.  

To enter in the expenses:

 Log into your TurboTax account and click on the Business tab and select Continue Select “I’ll choose what I work on” and this takes you to “Let’s gather your business info” screen 

The first section down is Business Income and Expenses, choose Update 

You are now at the “Here’s  the business info we have so far” screen where you should see your Business listed Click Edit next to that business and on the next screen, scroll down to the fourth section which should be Business Expenses and select “Visit All”

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mason2595
New Member

I am in the Army National Guard; and I need to adjust my income for unreimbursed business expenses for drill mileage, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses.

What if I have already filed my taxes and received my refund? I only found out about this opportunity recently.
WillK
Intuit Alumni

I am in the Army National Guard; and I need to adjust my income for unreimbursed business expenses for drill mileage, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses.

You would file an amended return. If you already filed your return you will need to wait to see if it was rejected or accepted. If they were rejected you are able to login to your return to fix what you need to fix and fix the errors that caused the rejection and refile the return. If your returns were accepted, then you will need to file an amended return. You should not try to amend your return until the original return it has been fully processed and you have received your refund or your payment has cleared.
Amended returns do not “catch up” to your original return and replace them; they are processed as two separate returns.  
Amended returns have to be printed and filed by mail.  It can take the IRS up to 12 weeks or longer to process them.   If you are due a larger refund than on your original return, your amended return should only show the difference and you will receive a separate check for it.  If you owe money on your amended return, it will show only the new amount owed, you will have to mail a check with the return. You can check the status of your amended return by clicking here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/filing/individuals/amended-returns-form-1040-x-/wheres-my-amended-return-1">http...>
 Click here for amending instructions: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288565">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3288565</a>
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