What s new for 2018 19 the fixed rate for heating cooling and lighting in your home office is now 52 cents per hour.
Home office expenses rate 2017. The square metre rate for the 2018 2019 income year is 41 70 per square metre. He keeps the required records to show how he calculates his claim. The square metre rate for the 2017 2018 income year is 41 10 per square metre. This requires evidence of a more than incidental use of an otherwise private area of the house.
Even if the room in your home is not set aside solely for work related purposes you may be able to claim a deduction for the costs you incur in running your home office. 45 cents per hour new rate to be confirmed by the ato 1 july 2017 for the 2017 financial year similar to making a motor vehicle claim diary logbook evidence should be maintained for a 12 week period to establish a pattern of working from home and justify the number of hours you are claiming. Enter on line 22900 the allowable amount of your employment expenses from the total expenses line of form t777. Completing your tax return.
Complete the calculation of work space in the home expenses portion of form t777 statement of employment expenses. Linus uses his home office including the desk and chair for both work and private purposes. Taxpayers using the regular method required for tax years 2012 and prior instead of the optional method must determine the actual expenses of their home office. C is the total area in square metres of your home that is separately identifiable and used primarily for the business d is the square metre rate that is published by inland revenue.
The home office expenses calculator helps you work out the amount you can claim as a tax deduction for home office expenses for the previous six income years. He works out that his private use is 10. This simplified option does not change the criteria for who may claim a home office deduction. Enter the lower amount of line 24 or 25 of form t777 at line 9945.
Tax deductions for home office expenses when working from home can be claimed if your home is a place of business or if it is used for income earning activities. When completing his tax return linus usually claims his home office expenses using the fixed rate method. The home office running expenses hourly rate has been increased to 52c per hour up from 45c per hour effective from 1 july 2018. It merely simplifies the calculation and.