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Deductions

Expenses you are permitted to subtract from your taxable income. Deductions such as alimony, capital losses, moving expenses, business losses, and deductible IRA and Keogh contributions can offset gross income even if you don't have enough deductions to itemize. Personal expenses such as medical costs, mortgage interest, state and local taxes, employee business expenses, and charitable contributions are deductible only if you itemize your deductions.
If your qualifying expenses exceed your standard deduction, you may claim the higher amount by itemizing your deductions. Although no records are needed to back up your right to the standard deduction, you must maintain records of qualifying expenditures if you itemize.

See also: Itemized Deductions, Standard Deduction