Fixed rate method 52 cents actual cost.
Home office expenses water rates. Occupancy expenses include rent mortgage interest water rates repairs house insurance premiums. The claim can be made as an apportionment of total expenses incurred on a floor area basis. The methods are the. Betty opts to use the rate of 52 cents per hour and keeps a record showing she worked at home for 10 hours per week for 48 weeks in the year.
She can calculate the proportion of actual home office running expenses that are work related or use the rate of 52 cents per hour. The amount you can claim depends on how many hours you use your home for work. Employees generally can t claim occupancy expenses such as rent mortgage interest water and rates. Simplified expenses method for claiming use of home.
Example if your house is 100 square metres and your office is 10 square metres you can claim 10 of what you pay in. Allowable expenses if you use cash basis accounting. What s new for 2018 19 the fixed rate for heating cooling and lighting in your home office is now 52 cents per hour. 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.
It is a nominal rate currently 52c per hour set by the ato to cover all home office expenses rather than claiming them individually. For example if you work for 8 hours at home you would calculate your claim by multiplying 52c by the number or weeks worked per year. 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. Rent rates power and insurance costs for equipment you keep to use in your business for example computers or printers claim.
You can use a fixed rate of 52 cents per hour for home office expenses for heating cooling lighting and the decline in value of furniture instead of keeping details of actual costs. 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. Shortcut method 80 cents only available 1 march to 30 june 2020. Being able to claim theses expenses may affect your main residence exemption for capital gains tax purposes if you sell your house in the.
You just need to keep a record of the number of hours you use the home office and multiply that by 52 cents per hour. Ato rate per hour method. This requires evidence of a more than incidental use of an otherwise private area of the house.