Question

What income box from w-2 do you enter for total income for home office?

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April 14, 2024
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wages from box 1? or total wages prior to pre-taxed deductions?

TurboTax Deluxe Online

Employee

-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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erniedarozaAuthor

Live in California, so can expense. What wage to enter?

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xmasbaby0

Employee

@erniedaroza Your wages are entered in the federal return by entering all of the boxes of your W-2. You do not "choose" which box the state of CA will use. The software does all of that for you.

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Mike9241

as a w-2 employee you are not entitled to a home office deduction.

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MonikaK1

To clarify, I assume you are entering the home office deductions in the Federal section under Employment Expenses.

TurboTax provides a field for you to enter the income earned at your job, from W-2. Enter the amount from Box 1 of your W-2. Then, enter the percentage of your income that was earned using the home office.

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