As a W-2 contractor am I able to write off home office, internet etc?

If you get a W-2 you are an employee, not an independent contractor. Under the current tax law, at least through 2025, an employee cannot deduct any business expenses.

If your pay is reported on a W-2 and you have social security and medicare taxes withheld from your wages, you are no longer able to deduct employee expenses since the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017".

The federal return no longer allows a deduction for employee business expenses. There are a few states that still allow these deductions. Alabama, Arkansas, California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania all provide a deduction for unreimbursed employee business expenses on their respective state income tax returns.

If you live in one of the states that still allow employee business expenses as a deduction, you would enter this in the federal return, and the information will be transferred to your state return.

Here's how to enter the information:

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Deductions and Credits
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Scroll down to Employment Expenses
• On Job-Related Expenses, click on the start/update button
• Once in this section, you can enter union dues and any other employee expenses.