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My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

 
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My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

More info will be needed for someone to comment.   What do you mean by "works for?"   Is she an employee receiving a W2 for wages and withholding?   Or is she self-employed as an independent contractor and will get a 1099-MISC?

My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

Does she get a W-2 from the employer?  Or is she an independent contractor?

If she is a W-2 employee, there are no job-related expenses deductible on your federal return.  The new tax law eliminated job-related expenses for W-2 employees.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-reform/help/which-federal-tax-deductions-have-been-suspended-b...

 

If she is an independent contractor then she needs to file as self-employed, and prepare a Schedule C for her business expenses, whatever those may be.  (Boots, gloves, scoopers....?)

 

She will also have to pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare as well as ordinary income tax.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2903027-how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901340-where-do-i-enter-schedule-c

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3398950-what-self-employed-expenses-can-i-deduct

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

My apologies for not supplying enough info. She is an employee that will receive a w-2

My wife works for a pet waste removal service. what kind of tax deductions could she be eligible for?

Then--sorry--there are no deductions for your federal return for her job-related expenses.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
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