What can you claim on your federal income taxes?

Itemized deduction using the Schedule A of the 1040 tax form.

If it is used it is an attachment to the federal 1040 income tax return Schedule A itemized deductions of the 1040 federal income tax return and would be used when it would benefit you if your total itemized deduction amount is more than your standard deduction amount for the year that amount would be total numbers on line 29 and if you choose to use them the number would be entered on the 1040 page 2 line 40a.

Go to the IRS gov website and use the search box for Topic 500 - Itemized Deductions. The following topics are found in the category of Itemized Deductions. Each topic is followed by a corresponding number. To access your topic, select the three-digit number.

Should I Itemize?

Topic 501

Medical and Dental Expenses

Topic 502

Deductible Taxes

Topic 503

Home Mortgage Points

Topic 504

Interest Expense

Topic 505

Contributions

Topic 506

Casualty and Theft Losses

Topic 507

Miscellaneous Expenses

Topic 508

Business Use of Home

Topic 509

Business Use of Car

Topic 510

Business Travel Expenses

Topic 511

Business Entertainment Expenses

Topic 512

Educational Expenses

Topic 513

Employee Business Expenses

Topic 514

Casualty, Disaster, and Theft Losses

Topic 515