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April 14, 2022
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I continue to be asked to review Misc Itemized Deductions Wks: Other 2% expense Amount must be entered. The only expense I enter was for tax prep. What do I need to do?

  • April 14, 2022
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What is the Other 2% expense?

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April 19, 2022

This might be caused by items that carried over from a previous return - without the dollar amounts. Note that since the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, most 2% deductions (so called because their sum must exceed 2% of your AGI to be counted) were disallowed, so there is little point in entering them unless you live in a state that allows them.

 

Are you using the desktop product? If so, go into Forms mode (upper right) and look for "Misc Dedns" (the worksheet for Misc Deductions). This will show you what other entries you have.

 

Otherwise, go through the section under Deductions & Credits->Other Deductions and Credits and see what's there. Since it is unlikely that anything here will affect your federal return, you can delete any entries here - of course, since I don't know your state, I can't say for sure if it will affect your state return.

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