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Home office on taxes. Guide to home office tax deduction. Completing your tax return. These expenses may include mortgage interest insurance utilities repairs and depreciation. Real property taxes on schedule a are part of the new tax law tcja salt limitation.
When completing his tax return linus usually claims his home office expenses using the fixed rate method. 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. Complete the calculation of work space in the home expenses portion of form t777 statement of employment expenses. Enter the lower amount of line 24 or 25 of form t777 at line 9945.
Enter on line 22900 the allowable amount of your employment expenses from the total expenses line of form t777. He keeps the required records to show how he calculates his claim. Second your home office must be used for conducting business only. However the home office portion or real property tax is not subject to the salt limitation.
With tax reform you can only claim this credit if you re self employed and file a schedule c.