Until passage of the tcja attorney s fees associated with taxable damage awards were generally deductible subject to the two 2 percent of adjusted gross income limitation.
Miscellaneous itemized deduction subject to a two percent floor.
Deductible expenses subject to the 2 floor includes.
Specifically the tcja suspended for 2018 through 2025 a large group of deductions lumped together in a category called miscellaneous itemized deductions that were deductible to the extent they exceeded 2 of a taxpayer s adjusted gross income.
Expenses for uniforms and special clothing.
With respect to individuals section 67 disallows deductions for miscellaneous itemized deductions as defined in paragraph b of this section in computing taxable income i e so called below the line deductions to the extent that such otherwise allowable deductions do not exceed 2 percent of the individual s adjusted gross.
These include the following deductions.
In the case of an individual the miscellaneous itemized deductions for any taxable year shall be allowed only to the extent that the aggregate of such deductions exceeds 2 percent of adjusted gross income.
The tcja eliminated the deduction for all expenses required to be deducted on schedule a under miscellaneous itemized deductions including those for taxable damage awards.
This publication covers the following topics.
These are work related.
You can still claim certain expenses as itemized deductions on schedule a form 1040 1040 sr or 1040 nr or as an adjustment to income on form 1040 or 1040 sr.
A type of expenses subject to the floor 1 in general.