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> … claim it on tax. How does a U.S. employee (exempt, W2 form) do this?

• spicyusername 3y ago
  And how do you get above the standard deduction... Jetbrains is like $200 / year. Only $27,500 more to go!
• netman21 3y ago
  If you qualify for itemized deductions, which you do if you have a mortgage, you can claim things you need for professional development, etc. Subscriptions are a good catch-all. The IRS meant magazine subscriptions, but...
  • lolinder 3y ago
    Only a few categories of people get to claim professional development expenses as a tax deduction [0], mostly self-employed. > If you qualify for itemized deductions, which you do if you have a mortgage If you have a sufficiently large and expensive mortgage and/or are filing as an individual. Our interest almost got us over the standard deduction in the first year, but every year since then the standard deduction threshold just gets further and further away. [0] https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513 https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc513
    • dilyevsky 3y ago
      Dont worry - next year is last year of increased standard deduction =)
      • lolinder 3y ago
        Won't help now, though, because the amount of interest we pay has gone down and will continue to go down. =)
  • dilyevsky 3y ago
    There’s no but - if you do this and get audited, it’s not going to fly
• dilyevsky 3y ago
  You dont (unless you’re 1099)