Missed Tax Deductions Checker
See which commonly missed deductions your situation may qualify for — and which ones W-2 employees can no longer claim.
Your Results
Deductions to look into for the situation you described
Home office: Not applicable.
Vehicle and mileage: Not applicable.
Investment losses: Not applicable — only realized losses (from sales) count; paper losses on holdings you kept do not.
Age 65+ deduction (2025–2028): Not applicable.
Tips and overtime (2025–2028): Not applicable.
Car loan interest (2025–2028): Not applicable.
Also worth checking: Deductions people often skip that need no itemizing: student-loan interest (up to $2,500), HSA contributions, traditional IRA contributions and the educator expense deduction. If you do itemize, the state-and-local-tax cap was raised from $10,000 to $40,000 for 2025, phasing back toward $10,000 above $500,000 of modified AGI.
This checker shows which deductions exist for the situation you described and the test each one has to pass. It cannot tell you what you "missed" or what a deduction is worth — that depends on records this form does not ask for — and it is not tax advice. Confirm eligibility in the IRS instructions for your form, or with a tax professional, before filing or amending a return.