Teacher (Educator) Expenses Deduction

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April 25, 2021
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I am at the part to enter Teacher (Educator) expenses. I clicked in the box “Unreimbursed educator expenses” and tried to type in numbers; however, the numbers did not show up. This happens to some other parts too. There’s some issues with the Turbo Tax program this year (2020). Please show me what to do.

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LenaH

Community Manager

The teacher (Educator) Expenses deduction is for kindergarten through grade 12 educators who buy classroom supplies out of their own pockets. If you qualify, you can deduct up to $250 of these expenses.

To enter your deduction, please follow the steps below:

Open your return.
Click on Federal.
Click on Deductions & Credits.
Scroll down to Employment Expenses.
Click Revisit next to Teacher (Educator) Expenses.
Enter up to $250 in the box on the page How much did you spend in educator expenses?

In order to confirm your deduction on your return, please follow these instructions in TurboTax:

Click on Tax Tools.
Click on Tools.
Click on View Tax Summary under Other helpful links.
Click on Preview my 1040.
Once open, use Control + F, and search Schedule 1. On Part II, Line 10 of Schedule 1, you should see up to $250 in Educator Expenses.

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RWayne

Level 2

Filing a joint return teacher and vice principal, we both have expenses, vice principal $250 and teacher $222. Turbo tax is only allowing $250 to be deducted, why?