If this is your first time entering info about your business you ll be asked some questions to start.
Entering home office expenses in quickbooks. Form 8829 line 20 utilities home office other expenses. All other business utilities should use the general utilities category instead. Then either pay yourself back using the credit card. That means if your rent runs 1 800 per month you may write off 180 in rent per month as a business expense assuming you use the space exclusively as an office.
To enter your home office expense along with other common business expenses. See my blog post on reconciling accounts in quickbooks online. From the stories about how taking it increases their chances of getting audited to the complex math required by irs form 8829 pdf everything about the deduction is a pain albeit a necessary one. Search for schedule c and select the jump to link in the search results.
The home office tax deduction is something that every home based business owner loves to hate. Costs for expenses for your home office that don t fit into other home office categories. This will save you lots of data entry time. Open or continue your return.
Where you enter information for the home office deduction depends on how you use the space. Recording home office expenses into quickbooks online and have books balance. For example if your home office takes up 10 of your home s total area then you can reasonably deduct 10 of your allowable expenses. You can include office expenses including those expensed under the new rule in this category or you can separate office expenses out and include them.
If you are paid as an independent contractor form 1099 misc report your income and expenses including your home office on schedule c under the business tab in turbotax home business. Costs for utilities phone electricity water for your home when you have a home office. I have a home office in which i use 39 of my home for business use. If you maintain a home office your life got a lot easier in 2014 when the irs.
Also i wouldn t have your home office expenses hitting your business checking account unless you re actually writing a check to yourself each month. Instead i d create a credit card account called owed to owner and enter the expenses through banking enter credit card charges. I have a rule set up where 39 of my utility expense is classified as a business expense and the other 61 as owner s contribution. If you are paid as an employee w 2 report your expenses including your home office under deductions.
Use expenses in quickbooks online for transactions that are not downloaded from your bank and credit card accounts like petty cash transactions.