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P1-U11 · PART 1 · SOURCE CYCLE 2026-2027

Adjustments to Gross Income and Additional Deductions

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Q1.What is the maximum 2025 educator-expense deduction per eligible educator?

$300, or up to $600 on a joint return when both spouses are eligible educators, limited to $300 each.

Q2.What self-employment tax deduction is generally allowed?

a self-employed individual may deduct the employer-equivalent portion of self-employment tax as an adjustment to income the deduction does not reduce net earnings from self-employment used to compute SE tax itself it reduces AGI for income-tax purposes