Yes, it will be deductible if it's business related. If you are an employee received a Form W-2, you can deduct it as job related expenses on a Form 2106. If you received a Form 1099-MISC or self employed, you will deduct it on Schedule C.
To enter your chemical expenses as an employee job related expenses, in TurboTax
online program, go to:
1. Sign into your account, select Take
me to my return
2. At right upper corner, in search box
, type in 2106, and Enter
3. Select Jump to 2106
4. On screen, Job-Related
Expenses Summary , under your occupation, select Edit
5. Go through step-by-step interview
questions
6. On screen, Job-Related
Expense, enter tools expenses
Please note that you will benefit from this
expense only if the total amount of your chemical expenses with
other job expenses and certain deductions is more than 2% of your Adjusted
Gross Income and you are also itemizing instead of taking the
standard deduction.
To enter it as a business expense, you will need to upgrade to TurboTax Self-Employed version to enter info. In your TurboTax Deluxe online program, follow
steps to upgrade:
1. After sign in, select Take
me to my return
2. Across the top, in the search box ,
type in schedule c and Enter
3. Select Jump to schedule c
4. Did you have any self employment income
or expenses? Answer Yes and continue to
enter information about your business.
5. On screen, Can we help you
report any other income for business? select Additional Income and Continue
6. On screen, Did you have
expenses? , answer Yes
7. On Upgrade screen, select Upgrade
to TurboTax Self-Employed
8. You will be upgraded to
Self-Employed
9. On screen, We'll get to
your expenses soon- select Continue to follow prompts
