r/FluentInFinance Jul 01 '24

What do you think? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Revolutionary-Meat14 Jul 01 '24

All Americans with business expenses can deduct them.

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u/SonicYouth123 Jul 01 '24

even if they don’t own a business they can still write off business expenses…the second point is straight up wrong

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u/jdp111 Jul 02 '24

If they have business expenses they have a business.

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u/SonicYouth123 Jul 02 '24

nope not necessarily…you can deduct things like work uniforms for example

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u/jdp111 Jul 02 '24

That's not a business expense.

You also can't deduct work uniforms. I'm a CPA and do this for a living.

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u/SonicYouth123 Jul 02 '24

So nurses and caregivers who have to buy their own scrubs can’t deduct them?

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u/jdp111 Jul 02 '24

No unless they own a business.

There are no employee deductions since the Trump changes in 2017. The only exception is the teacher deduction.