Work from home

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January 28, 2026
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My wife works from home for her company, what are some tax breaks for this?

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RogerD1

Level 6

Unreimbursed employee expenses used to be an itemized deduction prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 - that act eliminated that deduction for tax years 2018 through 2025, while the One Big Beautiful Bill made that provision permanent.

That said, some states still do allow unreimbursed employee expenses to be claimed on their tax returns.

Workers who are contractors (and not employees) are able to deduct home office expenses on their return. This requires that there is an area of the home (whether you own or rent) that is used 100% for work and nothing else. This would also be possible for employees that still allow unreimbursed employee expenses to be claimed.

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xmasbaby0

Level 15

-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 are preparing a return for 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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