Complete the calculation of work space in the home expenses portion of form t777 statement of employment expenses.
Home office expenses claim rate. Simplified expenses for the self employed mean you claim a flat rate for your allowable expenses based on the number of hours you work from home each month. You can only use simplified expenses if you. He works out that his private use is 10. He keeps the required records to show how he calculates his claim.
You can claim depreciation on capital items such as a computer office furniture and fittings used for business purposes in your home. When completing his tax return linus usually claims his home office expenses using the fixed rate method. Enter the lower amount of line 24 or 25 of form t777 at line 9945. What s new for 2018 19 the fixed rate for heating cooling and lighting in your home office is now 52 cents per hour.
If you are self employed and working from home for at least 25 hours per month then you can claim a flat rate allowance on your taxes. Linus uses his home office including the desk and chair for both work and private purposes. Example if your house is 100 square metres and your office is 10 square metres you can claim 10 of what you pay in. Equipment services or supplies you provide to employees who work from home for example computers office furniture internet access pens and paper additional household expenses such as gas or.
The flat rate doesn t include telephone or internet expenses. Pcg 2020 3 claiming deductions for additional running expenses incurred whilst working from home due to covid 19 published by the tax office explains that claims using the new method can be made for the period from 1 march 2020 to 30 june 2020 initially but may be extended depending on the covid 19 conditions. You need to work out the percentage of your home that you use for business this is the percentage of your household expenses you can claim. Completing your tax return.
Telephone costs if you run your business from home you can claim a deduction of 50 of the rental of a telephone landline if this is also your private line. You can claim the business proportion of these bills by working out the actual costs. The working from home flat rate allowance for the 2020 21 tax year are. You ll need to work a minimum of 25 hours a month from home to qualify.
Enter on line 22900 the allowable amount of your employment expenses from the total expenses line of form t777.