You can only claim home office deductions up to the amount of business income for the year.
Claiming a home office on your taxes. For a full explanation of tax deductions for your home office refer to publication 587 business use of your home. Assume that you re able to deduct 10 of your home as a home office deduction. If your home office qualifies for the tax deduction you can claim a portion of your household expenses. If your office space is in a rented house or apartment where you live deduct the percentage of the rent and any maintenance costs you paid that relate to the work space.
Before 2018 you could claim an itemized deduction for unreimbursed business expenses including expenses for the business use of part of your home if they exceeded 2 of your adjusted gross income. You would deduct 10 000 multiplied by 10 1 000 in depreciation expense as part of your home office deduction each year. Work out the cost of your cleaning expenses if you have a dedicated work area for example a room set up as a home office by adding together your receipts and multiplying it by the floor area of your dedicated work area floor area of the dedicated work area divided by the whole area of the house as a percentage your claim should be. When you sell your house after having claimed the home office deduction the deduction can affect your capital gains taxes.
Claiming business use of home expenses. For example if your home office space is 200 square feet and your home is 2000 square feet you would claim 10 200 2000 of your home related expenses insurance taxes mortgage interest etc. For example if your home office takes up 10 percent of the square footage of your home you can claim 10 percent of utilities insurance property tax and mortgage interest. In this publication you will find.
The capital gains tax exclusion allowed from the sale of your primary residence could be reduced by the amount that you have claimed for depreciation on your home office. Requirements for qualifying to deduct expenses including special rules for storing inventory or product samples. In this publication you will find. Figure your total income for the year.