Deductions and Credits
Adjustments
- Did you pay any educator expenses?
- Did you pay any student loan interest during the tax year?
- What is considered an adjustment to income?
- What types of adjustments can I claim?
- What are Educator Expenses?
- Who can deduct moving expenses?
Child/Dependent Credits
- Why Isn't the Child Tax Credit Showing on My Tax Return?
- My Dependent Qualifies for the Child and Dependent Care Credit but Had No Child Care Expenses
- What Are Delayed or Forfeited Child Care Payments (Form 2441)?
- Disabled or Full-Time Student Exception for the Child and Dependent Care Credit (Form 2441)
- Child and Dependent Care Expenses (Form 2441)
- Did You Pay Any Adoption Expenses?
Earned Income Credit
- Where Is My Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC/EIC)?
- How Is the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Calculated?
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- How Do I Know If I Was Disallowed From Claiming the Earned Income Credit (EIC) in a Previous Year?
- If I'm Not Eligible for the Earned Income Credit (EIC), Can I Prevent the Program From Calculating It?
- How Do I Claim Refundable Credits After Disallowance (Form 8862)?
Elderly, Disabled and Retirement Credits
- Saver’s Credit: Income Limits, Eligibility Requirements, and Form 8880
- Credit for the Elderly or Disabled: How Do I Know If I'm Permanently and Totally Disabled?
- Disability Income: Is It Taxable and How Do You Report It?
- Retirement Savings Contributions Credit (Saver’s Credit)
- Who Cannot Claim the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit (Saver's Credit)?
- Who Can Claim the Credit for the Elderly or Disabled?
Home Owner/Buyer Credits
- Repayment of the First-Time Homebuyer Credit (Form 5405)
- What Was the First-Time Homebuyer Credit?
- Mortgage Interest Credit (Form 8396)
- What Is the D.C. First-Time Homebuyer Credit Carryforward?
- General Information About the First-time Homebuyer Credit
- How and When Is the First-Time Homebuyer Credit Repaid?
Foreign Tax Credit
- Foreign Tax Credit (Form 1116) Guide
- What Taxes Qualify for the Foreign Tax Credit?
- If you paid foreign taxes, does your foreign income meet ALL of the following conditions?
- What Is Section 951A Category Income? (GILTI Category)
- What Is Foreign Branch Category Income?
- What is Passive Income on Form 1116?
Residential Energy Credit
- How to claim the residential energy credit
- Did you purchase any Energy Efficient items during the tax year?
- Do I Qualify for the Residential Clean Energy Credit (Form 5695)?
- Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit Form 5695
- What is the Residential Energy Credit (The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)?
Other Credits
- What is the Biofuel Producer Credit - Form 6478?
- Form 8834 Qualified Electric Vehicle
- Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums - Form 8941
- Credit to Holders of Tax Credit Bonds - Form 8912
- Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax - Form 8801
- Form 6765: Credit for Increasing Research Activities
Itemized Deductions
- Why Aren't My Itemized Deductions Reducing My Tax or Increasing My Refund?
- Charitable Contributions Limits Based on 100% of Adjusted Gross Income
- Can I deduct expenses related to my service animal?
- Mortgage Interest Deduction Limitation
- How do I generate a federal Schedule A if I did not itemize on my return?
- Why would I want to force my Sales Tax Deduction?
Donations/ Charitable Contributions
- What Is ‘Unrelated Use’ on the Noncash Charitable Contributions Entry?
- 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
Employee Expenses
- Did you have any Unreimbursed Travel Expenses Related to your Job (Form 2106)?
- Unreimbursed Employee Expenses - Vehicle Expenses
- Can I claim expenses on Form 2106?
- What Job Expenses can I Deduct on my Return?
- Unreimbursed Employee Expenses - What can be deducted?
- What cannot be deducted as an unreimbursed employee expense?
Medical/ Dental
Mortgage / Property Tax
- Property Tax Credits by State & How to Report Property Tax Paid
- Where Do I Enter Mortgage Interest?
- Mortgage Interest and Expenses
- Can I Take the Mortgage Interest Credit AND the Deduction for Mortgage Interest That Was Reported on Form 1098 on the Same Return?
- Are Real Estate Taxes (Property Tax) Deductible?
- Mortgage Interest Reported on Form 1098
Other Deductions
- Can I Deduct Legal Fees?
- Repayment Under Claim of Right IRC 1341
- Bad Debt Deduction
- How Do I Report the Unrecovered Investment in Pension (Annuity)?
- Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD)? Form 8903
- Investment Interest Expense