You will enter these as job related expenses under Employment Expenses in the Deductions and Credits section of the program. You will get some questions about other items like home office and vehicle deduction first, but then you will come to a screen that allows you to enter these items (see screenshot below).
It might be easiest to use the search feature -
- Log into your account and make sure you first hit Take Me to My Return
- In the top right hand corner, you can select the Search icon (magnifying glass)
- Search for "2106"
- Click "jump to 2106"
- This will bring you directly to the job related expense area
Or, you can follow the steps below -
- Log into your account and hit Take Me to My Return
- Click on Federal Taxes
- Then Deductions and Credits
- Scroll down until you see Employment Expenses (you may have to click Check for More Credits and Show All to get the full list to appear)
- Click on Job Expenses for W2 income
- Follow the guide and answer the questions. The program will ask you about possible job related expenses
Please note that as a W2 employee deduct employee related business expenses can be difficult as you will have to meet the 2% floor. Under the 2% rule, you're only allowed to deduct the portion of miscellaneous expenses that exceeds 2% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). You must also itemize to get this deduction.
You can read more about deducting Employee Expenses
here
