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What does Minnesota allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA You may itemize your deductions on your Minnesota return even if you use the Standard Deduction on your federal return. You will need to make sure you enter your itemized deductions that are allowable on your federal return in the Deductions/Credits portion of the software so…
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What does Maryland allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA Maryland allows a subtraction for any union dues that would have been deductible as a federal itemized deduction using the IRS rules prior to 2018, but not any other unreimbursed job expenses. Union dues are entered as a subtraction from income on the Maryland return. For…
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What does Hawaii allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA You may itemize your deductions on your Hawaii return even if you use the Standard Deduction on your federal return. Unlike the federal income tax return, an unreimbursed business expense can be from any profession for Hawaii purposes. Examples of unreimbursed employee…
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What does California allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA You may itemize your deductions on your California return even if you use the Standard Deduction on your federal return. Unlike the federal income tax return, an unreimbursed business expense can be from any profession for California purposes. Federal Form 2106 is used, but…
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What does Arkansas allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA You may itemize your deductions on your Arkansas return even if you use the Standard Deduction on your federal return. Unlike the federal income tax return, an unreimbursed business expense can be from any profession for Arkansas purposes. The state uses Form AR2106 to…
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What does Alabama allow for the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses?
Contributed by KeriC, TaxPro Agent, FreeTaxUSA You may itemize your deductions on your Alabama return even if you use the Standard Deduction on your federal return. Unlike the federal income tax return, an unreimbursed business expense can be from any profession for Alabama purposes. Alabama uses the federal Form 2106 to…
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What states have reciprocal agreements?
Contributed by PhillipB FreeTaxUSA Agent TaxPro What is a Reciprocal Agreement? A reciprocal agreement between states allows a resident, who lives in one state and works in another state, to file only one resident state return, and only have tax withheld for the resident state. As a rule, income can be taxed both in the…
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How to claim the credit for taxes paid to another state
Contributed by PhillipB, FreeTaxUSA Agent, TaxPro Why claim the credit for taxes paid to another state? When you live in one state and work in another, all that income is taxable in both your resident state and the other state (unless your working state has a reciprocal agreement with your resident state). To help with…
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How to allocate income for part-year resident returns
Contributed by: PhillipB, FreeTaxUSA Agent, Tax Pro Moving from one state to another can be very stressful, and one of those stresses is filing two state tax returns - one for the state where you used to live and one for your new home state. This can be less stressful if you have some basic guidelines in mind as you do…
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How do I allocate income between states if I am a nonresident?
Contributed by: PhillipB TaxPro FreeTaxUSA Team Generally, residents pay state tax on all income they earn regardless of where the income is earned, while nonresidents only pay state tax on income that is sourced from the nonresident state. Common state-source income can include some of the following items: Wages earned…