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June 5, 2019
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I am in the Army National Guard; and I need to adjust my income for unreimbursed business expenses for drill mileage, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses.

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Please, before you answer, read this article. I need to adjust my income so that I get a tax break for my mileage to drill. I travel very far to get to drill; and this tax break would be a blessing. This is the article:
http://www.military.com/money/personal-finance/taxes/secret-national-guard-and-reserve-tax-break-you-might-not-know.html?Esrc=money.sm

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Employee
June 5, 2019

You will need to file form 2106 non-reimburse employee expenses. This will allow you to claim the expenses that you have on your return, thus reducing your taxable income.

To enter in the expenses in the program: Job-related expenses are reported on Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses). 

Log on to your TurboTax account and click on the search button Enter in Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses) Click the Jump to 2106 link in the search results. 

At the Tell us about the occupation you have expenses for screen, enter your occupation. Click Continue, and follow the onscreen instructions.  

To enter in the expenses:

 Log into your TurboTax account and click on the Business tab and select Continue Select “I’ll choose what I work on” and this takes you to “Let’s gather your business info” screen 

The first section down is Business Income and Expenses, choose Update 

You are now at the “Here’s  the business info we have so far” screen where you should see your Business listed Click Edit next to that business and on the next screen, scroll down to the fourth section which should be Business Expenses and select “Visit All”

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mason2595Author
June 5, 2019
What if I have already filed my taxes and received my refund? I only found out about this opportunity recently.