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The loss on your sale of your residence is not deductible.

Generally daily commuting to work is not deductible. There are exceptions if the commuting is to a temporary work location, or has many work locations or the taxpayer's home is their principal place of business. You should speak to your CPA to determine if your commuting is deductible.

Funeral expenses are not deductible on an individual's personal tax return.
Funeral expenses are deductible on an decedent's federal Estate tax return, Form 706.

Your pet medical and other expenses are not deductible.

Improvements to your Residence are not deductible.
The costs are added to your initial cost basis to calculate your increased adjusted cost basis.
Your increased cost basis will be used in the year of sale of your residence to determine the gain on sale.
Improvements to your Rental property are deductible as a repair or a depreciable capital improvement.

The payments to life insurance policies are not deductible.

The payments of parking tickets and other fines for illegal acts are not deductible.

Basic local phone service for the first residential line even if used for business is not deductible.
business use of a second phone line or cell phone is deductible.

Team sports dues, uniform, tournament, travel expenses are not deductible.

The Social Security and Medicare withholding Taxes taken out of your paycheck and summarized on your W-2 form is not a tax deduction.