Deductions and Credits
Adjustments
- Alimony Deduction (Spousal Support) Eliminated for tax years after 2018
- 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?
Child/Dependent Credits
- Disabled or Full Time Student Exception for Child and Dependent Care Expense Credit Form 2441
- What is the Child Tax Credit/Additional Child Tax Credit?
- How do I calculate the Child Tax Credit?
- Do I get money back for the Child Tax Credit?
- Can I get the Child Tax Credit with an ITIN?
- How do I claim the Additional Child Tax Credit?
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 Tax Credit (EIC )
- 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 Form 8880)
- 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
- Reduction of Credit for International Boycott Operations
- What is General Limited Income (Form 1116)?
- What is section 901(j) income (Form 1116)?
- What taxes are eligible for foreign tax credit?
Residential Energy Credit
Other Credits
- Repayment Deduction or Credit Claim of Right
- How do I indicate I want to use my 2019 Self-employment earnings to calculate the 7202?
- How much is the credit for Form 7202?
- Additional Earnings for Form 7202 (Self-employed individuals)
- Net earnings from self-employment (Form 7202)
- Amount of emergency family leave wages you received from an employer?
Itemized Deductions
- How do I generate a federal Schedule A if I did not itemize on my return?
- What expenses can I claim since COVID19 and working from home?
- What expenses can I claim for my Foreign Exchange Student?
- How do I report my Ad Valorem tax?
- Federal Section > Deductions > Itemized Deductions
- Federal Section > Deductions > Itemized vs Standard Deduction Comparison
Donations/ Charitable Contributions
- Can I deduct charitable contributions if I take the standard deduction?
- How do I deduct expenses for volunteering for a charity?
- Cash Contributions to Charity for 2020
- Can I deduct gifts to charities?
- How do I enter my cash contributions for charity?
- Gifts to Charity
Employee Expenses
- What are Job search expenses and deductions?
- Unreimbursed Employee Expenses - Vehicle Expenses
- Can I claim auto expenses on Form 2106?
- Meals and entertainment deduction
- What job expenses can I deduct on my return?
- Unreimbursed Employee Expenses - What can be deducted?
Medical/ Dental
Mortgage / Property Tax
- Where do I enter mortgage interest?
- Can I deduct my state and local taxes on my return?
- Mortgage Interest and Expenses
- 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?
Other Deductions
- What is a bad debt deduction?
- How do I report the unrecovered investment in pension (annuity)?
- Who can claim the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD)?
- What is the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD)? Form 8903
- What is "Qualified Production Activities Income (QPAI)"?
- Investment Interest Expense