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gaborbajko
January 25, 2025
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Can I claim CA Teacher Association expenses as W2 expense?

  • January 25, 2025
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    xmasbaby0
    Employee
    January 25, 2025

    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

     

    **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.**
    AmyC
    AmyC
    Employee
    February 3, 2025

    Union dues are a deductible employee expense in column C of the CA- CA adjustments sheet. 

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