Deductions and Credits
Adjustments
- What is considered an adjustment to income?
- What types of adjustments can I claim?
- What are educator expenses?
- Who can deduct moving expenses?
- Can I claim Moving Expenses on my return?
- What expenses can I deduct as "moving expenses"?
Child/Dependent Credits
- What are the Child and Dependent Care Credit Qualifications?
- Why isn't my credit for dependent care expenses (Child Care Credit) showing up?
- How do I claim the Additional Child Tax Credit?
- What is the Family Tax Credit/Credit for Other Dependents?
- Do I get money back for the Child Tax Credit?
- Can I get the Child Tax Credit with an ITIN?
Earned Income Credit
- Why would I choose to not claim my dependent for EIC purposes?
- Where is my Earned Income Credit (EIC)?
- How do I figure my EIC or Earned Income Credit?
- Earned Income Credit Table (EIC Table)
- Ten Things You May Not Know About the Earned Income Tax Credit
- How do I know if I was "disallowed" from claiming EIC in a previous year?
Elderly, Disabled and Retirement Credits
- What are the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit requirements?
- Credit for the Elderly or Disabled - How do I know if I qualify as "permanently and totally disabled"?
- What types of income does the IRS consider "Taxable Disability Income"?
- Who can take the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit? (Savers Credit)
- Who CANNOT take the Retirement Savings Credit?
- Who Can Take the Credit for the Elderly or Disabled?
Home Owner/Buyer Credits
- Who must complete Form 5405 Repayment of First-Time Homebuyer Credit?
- First-Time Homebuyer Credit
- What is the Mortgage Interest Credit?
- What is the DC First-Time Homebuyer Credit Carryforward?
- General Information About the First Time Homebuyer Credit
- Which home purchases qualify for the first-time homebuyer credit?
Foreign Tax Credit
- Can I claim a foreign tax credit?
- Adjustments for Form 1116
- What is section 901(j) income (Form 1116)?
- What is Income Resourced by Treaty (Form 1116)?
- Form 1116 Carryback or Carryover
- Who can claim the foreign tax credit?
Residential Energy Credit
Other Credits
- What credits are available on my return?
- What do I report on Form 4136?
- What Tax Credits Can I Claim to Improve My Return?
- What is my Tentative Credit from the Manufacturer's Certification?
- What are Qualified Adoption Expenses?
- Where can I find my Adoption carryforward amount?
Itemized Deductions
- Federal Section > Deductions > Itemized Deductions
- Federal Section > Deductions > Itemized vs Standard Deduction Comparison
- Can I claim any deductions without itemizing my return?
- What are the current year Standard Deduction amounts?
- What taxes qualify as a deduction in the Itemized deductions section?
- How can I compare the amount of my itemized deductions to the national average for itemized deductions?
Donations/ Charitable Contributions
- Can I deduct charitable contributions if I take the standard deduction?
- How do I deduct expenses for volunteering for a charity?
- Can I deduct gifts to charities?
- How do I enter my cash contributions for charity?
- Gifts to Charity
- Itemized Deductions - Qualified Contributions
Medical/ Dental
Mortgage / Property Tax
- Where do I enter mortgage interest?
- Can I prepay my State and Local Taxes?
- Can I take the Mortgage Interest Credit AND the deduction for mortgage interest that was reported on Form 1098 on the same return?
- What real estate taxes can I deduct on my return?
- Mortgage Interest Reported on Form 1098
- What do I do if my mortgage Interest is NOT reported on Form 1098?
Other Deductions
Deductions
- What is "Qualified Production Activities Income (QPAI)"?
- What do I enter for "Domestic Production Gross Receipts"?
- Why is paying employees W-2 wages important in figuring my DPAD?
- What deductions and credits are available related to my auto and my other personal property?
- What are the deductions available to me that is related to my home?
- What credit and deductions are available to me that are related to retirement and investment?