A lot of employee’s have expenses for their work not reimbursed by their employer (this doesn’t include expenses that the employer has a policy of reimbursing and you were too lazy to file for reimbursement.) These expenses can include mileage for work (not including commuting to the office), travel, an office in the home for the convenience of the employer, meals you pay to take clients to lunch or dinner (and drinks), and any other work related expenses that are not reimbursed.
Here is a link to the IRS website regarding office in the home: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108138,00.html
Here is an article by Kay Bell in Bankrate.com showing how to deduct other unreimbursed employee business expenses:
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/money-guides/business-expenses-that-benefit-you.aspx
Tomorrow my final post in this series talks about imvestment expenses.
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