Are legal fees deductible in Schedule A for work my lawyer did related to the selling my home?
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Legal fees that are part of selling your home are an adjustment to the cost basis, and may reduce your capital gains. They are not a separate itemized deduction, before or after the 2018 tax reform law. See publication 523.
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