Is a W-2 employee who works entirely remotely from home eligible to claim a home office tax deduction on their Illinois state tax return?

vgmtaga · ‎March 06, 2025

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No.

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. IL is not on the list.

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Vanessa A

No, Illinois does not have a home office deduction for employees.

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Is a W-2 employee who works entirely remotely from home eligible to claim a home office tax deduction on their Illinois state tax return?