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posted Feb 1, 2025 4:53:26 PM

How do I know if I'm qualified for a tax break as a unionized employee?

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Level 15
Feb 1, 2025 5:00:27 PM

There are no tax breaks for being union employee on a federal tax return.  The state tax return may have this as tax break

Level 15
Feb 1, 2025 5:09:25 PM

Paying union dues is a job-related expense which is not deductible on a federal return.

 

-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