If entering your employee business expenses on Form 2106 did
not affect your balance due amount, then the most likely reason is you are
either using the standard deduction (instead of itemized deductions on Schedule
A), or your miscellaneous itemized deductions (which includes employee business
expenses) did not exceed 2% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI).
To verify whether you used the standard deduction or
itemized deductions, take a look at line 40 of your Form 1040. The standard deduction amounts would be
$6300, $12,600, or $9300 depending on your filing status.
If you used itemized deductions, there will be a Schedule A
included as part of your return.
Expenses from Form 2106 will be shown on line 21 of Schedule A, with the
deductible amount shown on line 27.
After your filing fees have been paid you will be able to
preview your entire return to verify some of the entries and determine what is
happening with employee business expenses.
Until then, you can preview your Form 1040 to see if you are using the
standard deduction or itemized deductions.
In order to preview your
Form 1040, take the following steps:
Click My Account at
the top of your screen
Click Tools
On the Tools Center page,
below “Other helpful links…”, click View Tax Summary
Click Preview My 1040
shown at the top of your screen
Use the Back choice
at the top of the screen to return to your tax return
