Tax Deductions for 2008?

Tax Deductions
I would like to know if the following items are tax deductable. If you don’t know or may think you might know, please pass. Yes or no answers only.

1. Gas to and from work. (hey doesn’t hurt to ask)

2. Auto Repair and Up-keep, interest on car loan.

3. Clothing/Hose/Shoes (job requires and company gave 0 twice a year clothing allowance. Now of course more was spent, because there no way 0 would cover clothing/hose/shoes for a year.

4. Dry cleaning for above mentioned clothing.

5. Purchased home in 12/07. Taxes paid on home is a given, but what about upgrades such as plumbing, electrical, complete rip out of bathroom, floors refinished, dangerous trees cut down (power line ran through one and the other a 70′ half dead pine that was just waiting on a good wind). Doesn’t hurt to ask this either. House closed on 12/10/2007, too late to claim closing cost, attorney’s fees, inspection, points?

6. For medical expenses other than doctor visits, how about dental, prescription drugs, test ordered by doctor.

7. Day care for son yes, but what about special fees paid to daycare for trips, snacks, supplies?
Can all be clumped together as "child care" or does it have to be itemized?

8. Son’s school fees, plus the list teacher sent home for 0+ supplies (you know the list, 2-boxes of tissue, 4-packs of notebook paper, 50- pencil, etc)

9. Son’s school clothes

10. I have a personal on-line trading account. Can I deduct losses in stock market, as well as fees to buy and sale?

I know this is a long list, but this is the first that I’ve idemized. Can I still use the 1040 form, or is that a thing of the past. If anyone knows of a website that will tell you what is and what is not deductable, without alot of double talk, please provide link. The IRS website is awful.
Thank you.

Home Based Business Tax Deductions?

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For all my medical expenses, I don’t have the original receipts, but I have my credit card statements which show the total amount I paid to doctors and medical facilities.

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I recently bought a house, so I now itemize my tax returns. My finances are very simple. Can I write off student loan interest? medical expenses not covered by insurance? I do charitable donations, but am trying to get more creative. What about work clothes (suits)? Laptop (if I use it for work from time to time)?

tax deductions?

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