Depends on if your an employee or independent contractor.
Schedule C if your independent...this is essentially an important 9and beneficial) form where you make a profit & loss statement for your business (that is, you business of being a mechanic...getting to expense the amounts you spent to make the income your reporting). If your an employee, you should use Line 20 of Schedule A. However, expenses here are subject to the 2% floor...that is they must exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income, which is shown on line 38 of the Form 1040. Realistically, if you use any of the tax prep softwares...well worth the $20 or so they cost, it will ask you the questions and do it all, even suggest the best way, for you.
Sure. If you itemize you can claim your full property taxes. And this is new for 2008: If you don't itemize, you can claim $500 of property taxes ($1000 if married filing jointly). See the instructions for line 40 of 2008 Form 1040.
Starting in 2009, the Hope Credit is now the American Opportunity Tax Credit. You can claim it by filing Form 8863 and attached to Form 1040.
THIS DEDUCTION ON YOUR TAXES will have to entered on the correct form or line of your 1040 federal income tax return before your income tax return can be completed correctly.
If it is income, in the form of forgiven loan or as a payment, then yes. If it is a gift, then no.
Funeral expenses are not deductible on a tax return (IRS Pub 502).
You're probably talking about the W-4.
A Traditional IRA is a form of a account that you can claim when doing your taxes. You will not pay taxes depending on which kind of account you choose. You must start to withdraw the money at a certain age as well.
There are two forms that you will need to claim work related tools. The first form is the actual tax form, 1040. In order to claim specific expenses, you'll need to use the long version, with Schedule A. The second form you'll need is Form 2106-EZ. This form is the short form for employee expenses and the information will flow to the Schedule A.
Type of claim?
It gets complex...but in simplest form...it's a percentage of your already adjusted income...not a specific number.
Mechanics is the plural. The singular form is mechanic.
'Tools' is already in its plural form. The singular form of 'tools' is 'tool'.