No but you could take a portion of your mortgage interest and real estate taxes as part of your home office expenses.
Home office deduction no mortgage. The basics of the home office deduction. For example if you rent a home for 920 a month and spend 80 on utilities you spend a total of 1 000 and 12 5 of that 125 can be paid. Homeowners may deduct a portion of both real estate taxes and qualified mortgage interest but not principal payments on the home. Requirements for qualifying to deduct expenses including special rules for storing inventory or product samples.
For a full explanation of tax deductions for your home office refer to publication 587 business use of your home. In this publication you will find. Currently you need to have self. You can claim 12 5 of your eligible expenses as home office expenses.
Only a few specific categories of employees can take this deduction on schedule a. As you can see if you write off the entire 20 000 as a. For example if your home office is 200 square feet and your home is 1 600 square feet your office takes up 12 5 of your home. In this publication you will find.
The short version is that if you are a w 2 employee you are no longer able to benefit from the home office deduction even if you work from home full time. This is net income minus deductions for mortgage interest and self employment taxes. This equates to half of your self employment taxes.