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Itemized deductions include amounts you paid for state and local income or sales taxes, real estate taxes, personal property taxes, mortgage interest, and disaster losses. You may also include gifts to charity and part of the amount you paid for medical and dental expenses.

A license is a business expense so you write it off on Schedule C for self-employment income. You subtract business expenses before you write your taxable self-employment income on your 1040, so you take the deduction even if you don't itemize.

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Here's what it boils down to: If your standard deduction is less than your itemized deductions, you probably should itemize and save money. If your standard deduction is more than your itemized deductions, it might be worth it to take the standard and save some time.

Schedule A (Itemized Deductions)Medical and Dental Expenses.State and Local Taxes.Home Mortgage Interest.Charitable Donations.Casualty and Theft Losses.Job Expenses and Miscellaneous Deductions subject to 2% floor.There are no Pease limitations in 2021.Oct 26, 2020

Add up your itemized deductions and compare the total to the standard deduction available for your filing status. If your itemized deductions are greater than the standard deduction, then itemizing makes sense for you. If you're below that threshold, then claiming the standard deduction makes more sense.

If the certification is to maintain or improve your skills for a job you are already working in, or is required to keep your current job, you can deduct the cost as job-related expenses.In addition, the deduction will not have any tax benefit unless your total itemized deductions are more than your standard deduction.