Here's how to get to the employee job expense interview. You must be able to itemize deductions on Schedule A. Employee job expenses are further limited. They are subject to the 2% rule for miscellaneous expenses, which means they only start to count when the total of your miscellaneous expenses (which includes job expenses) exceeds 2% of AGI.
See these 2 FAQs:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899845-can-employees-deduct-any-job-related-expenses
and
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902781-what-is-the-2-rule
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What kind of work? Employee job expenses (W-2 job)? Or self-employed/independent contractor (Schedule C) expenses?
Does that mean you are an employee paid by an employer, and your income is reported on a W-2?
Here's how to get to the employee job expense interview. You must be able to itemize deductions on Schedule A. Employee job expenses are further limited. They are subject to the 2% rule for miscellaneous expenses, which means they only start to count when the total of your miscellaneous expenses (which includes job expenses) exceeds 2% of AGI.
See these 2 FAQs:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899845-can-employees-deduct-any-job-related-expenses
and
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902781-what-is-the-2-rule
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