Home office expense deductibility

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April 6, 2025
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I am a w-2 employee managing marketing for a small tech company that is entirely remote (has no principal place of business) and about 120 employees who work exclusively from home across the US. Am I eligible for a home office deduction (assuming space is used exclusively for business) and, if so, where would I account for it, given I do not file a schedule C?

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Sorry---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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