<prompt> Human: Im a server in Virginia, United States and Ive been following this subreddit for a while now and I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about writing off work-related expenses that I pay for out of pocket, such as pens, paper, shoes for work, aprons, shirts, and the like on my taxes with receipts? Would even trying to do this be beneficial for someone like me? Ive been getting more and more focused on finance-related issues and I know many other jobs can do this for work-related items so I thought itd search for guidance here. At any rate, if anyone has any knowledge that they can share I would really appreciate it and I will be keeping up with comments and try to reply to them as promptly as possible. Cheers. Assistant: You can only deduct expenses that are greater than 2 of your AGI, so that tends to cut back the benefit to tracking receipts for pens and paper. Human: I see what youre saying. So saying I bought a car to take a different job used car, about 6,000 would something like that be something applicable?  <response>: You cant deduct anything for buying a car. 