I wanted to know how to include expenses from my primary job, I had to purchase my own armor plates, carrier, and pay for training certification.

If you are an employee (you get a W-2), under the tax law that was passed in 2017 there is no deduction for employee business expenses for years 2018 through 2025.

 

-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

 

 

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