Originally Posted by Busdriver320

If you are taking that kind of deduction for "work expenses", you better get a new accountant or read up on the law. You have to reduce your "expenses" by the amount your company reimburses you (per diem) to come up with your allowable deduction. Then that deduction must meet a % of AGI to be allowable at all. Further, there are special rules for people the transportation business. Despite what others may tell you, you CANNOT expense things like commuting expenses, crashpads, hotel costs, etc. It is YOUR CHOICE to live other than where your employer bases you, and that is not deductible. Flight attendants, regional FOs and folks making lower incomes in this business may benefit from "work expense" deductions, but if you're making more than $70k/year and your employer pays you per diem you are likely not going to legally meet the conditions to take a deduction on "work expenses". Try it at your own peril; you'll get caught if you get audited!