Article: 50094

If you’re an eligible educator, you can deduct up to $300 ($600 if married filing jointly and both spouses are eligible educators, but not more than $300 each) of unreimbursed trade or business expenses.

Qualified Expenses

Qualified expenses are the amounts you paid or incurred for participation in professional development courses, books, supplies, computer equipment (including related software and services), other equipment, and supplementary materials that you use in the classroom. For courses in health or physical education, the expenses for supplies must be for athletic supplies.

For more information on qualified expenses, see this IRS site: http://irs.gov/taxtopics/tc458

Entering the Deduction

If you need to add the educator expense deduction, you can do so by adding the Educator Expense Adjustment form.

1. Go to the Federal taxes section.
2. Click on the Review tab on the left-hand side.
3. Select I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
4. In the search box, enter Educator.
5. Select Educator Expense Adjustment to open the form.
6. Fill in the applicable information.
7. Click Save to apply changes.