I filed chapter 13 bankruptcy and paid legal fees for filing the paperwork?

[searching952]

I paid a company $500 to fill out paperwork for me filing BK 13 and $1500 to an attorney-can I deduct any of this.  I rented the house out 1 month to try to keep the home.

[TomK]

Legal fees are generally not deductible on a personal 1040 return.

There are three significant exceptions
•    To produce or collect income that must be included in your gross income,
•    To manage, conserve, or maintain property held for producing such income, or
•    To determine, contest, pay, or claim a refund of any tax.

To deduct legal fees, you must itemize deductions on Schedule A, and the sum total of your miscellaneous deductions including your legal fees must exceed 2% of your Adjusted Gross Income.

Given the above limitations you may not be able to benefit from your legal expenses.

[gem777]

can I deduct bK 13 filing fees paid to them and the trustee monthly payments made to them for 2019