Proceeds from the ppp loan can be used to cover your mortgage rent office lease utilities payroll costs and your net self employment earnings.
Home office expenses ppp. Interest payments on any other debt obligations that were incurred before february 15 2020 note. If i did not claim a home office expense in 2019 can i use the ppp for it. Divide the number of rooms used for business by the total number of rooms in the home use this method if the number of rooms is about the same. If your entire home was 1 500 square feet you would divide 100 by 1 500.
If you were eligible to claim a certain home office expense but didn t for whatever reason you can still use the ppp funds to pay for it over your eight week forgiveness period and qualify for forgiveness on that expense. You must have claimed or be entitled to claim a deduction for such expenses on your 2019 form 1040 schedule c for them to count toward ppp loan forgiveness. So if your home office was a 10 10 room the square footage of would be 100. As long as they fit within the categories of utilities rent and mortgage interest home office expenses can be forgiven.
In this case you would get to deduct 6 7 of your home office expenses by multiplying that percentage by eligible home expenses like mortgage interest or monthly rent utilities interest and. Even if they take a home office deduction on their tax return they cannot count those expenses toward ppp forgiveness. For the duration of the pandemic many employees will be forced to work from home. Yes the sba s interim final rule makes an exception for this.
Many sole proprietors work from home. Home related expenses are explicitly prohibited in the interim final guidance on ppp loans. Not eligible for ppp loan forgiveness. For self employed individuals with a home office you apply the percentage used for your home office deduction to determine allocable mortgage interest rent and utilities.
So 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 as a. Employers therefore could be required to reimburse employees who are forced to work from home during the covid 19 epidemic for their reasonable and necessary home office expenses which may include a portion of the expenses associated with. Home office deductions and the ppp this post is to be used for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal business or tax advice. If the loan is used for this purpose it must be repaid.
For example if your home is 2000 square feet and your home office is 400 square feet your office space is 20 of the total area of your home. No part of the home office expense can be paid or forgiven from the ppp loan amount.