Where do you report legal fees

[xmasbaby0]

You don't.  Legal fees are not deductible

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[CarolynM]

Unfortunately, generally you can no longer deduct legal fees unless you are self employed.

If your legal fees were to fight a job termination based on criminal charges, you can still deduct as an itemized deduction. 

Federal 

Deductions & Credits

Other Deductions and Credits

Select Legal Fees

For more information, follow this link: Misc Deductions 2018

You can also deduct legal fees against an award as an expense.

Here are the instructions per my coworker Kitty:

To enter your qualifying legal fees, 

• In your open Federal return, choose the tab for Wages & Income
• Scroll down to Less Common Income and Show more
• Start/Revisit Miscellaneous Income and choose Other reportable income 
• Say Yes to continue to the screen "Other Taxable Income". Enter the description "Qualifying Legal Fees" and the amount as a negative number. 

A corresponding subtraction will be entered on Line 21 of your return.

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