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January 25, 2025
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I work in a K-8 school. Can i deduct my professional license fees?

  • January 25, 2025
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I pay an annual professional license fee and am required to pay for continuing education.

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    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

     

     

    But do not overlook the educator expense deduction:

     

    TEACHER EXPENSES.   EDUCATOR EXPENSES DEDUCTION

    Go to Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Teacher (Educator) Expenses

     

    https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc458

     

    https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-credits-deductions/educator-expense-deduction/L4ez9qGKu_US_en_US?uid=m5zq4nk2

     

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