Generally speaking to qualify for the home office deduction.
Home office tax write off. In this publication you will find. Completing your tax return. In this publication you will find. Requirements for qualifying to deduct expenses including special rules for storing inventory or product samples.
Enter on line 22900 the allowable amount of your employment expenses from the total expenses line of form t777. Gail rosen before the 2018 tax reform bill you could deduct employee business expenses such as the home office expenses for employees who telecommute as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on schedule a. Those who qualified under the old law wrote off their home office. So if you qualify by all means take it.
The answer is generally no changes in the rules in the late 1990s made it easier for people who work out of their homes to qualify for these write offs. This write off covers office supplies postage computers printers and all the other. Self employed people can deduct office expenses on schedule c form 1040 whether they work from home or not. Will a home office deduction trigger an audit.
According to irs home office rules home office expenses can only be deducted when a specific area of your home is used regularly and exclusively as your principal place of business however if you use the home office space as a place to meet or deal with patients clients or customers even if it is not your principal place of business you may still qualify to take a home office. With the simplified option you just deduct 5 per square foot of your home office with a maximum write off of 1 500 which works out to a limit of 300 square feet on schedule c. For a full explanation of tax deductions for your home office refer to publication 587 business use of your home. Tax reform eliminated the employee home office deduction by taking away the ability to claim miscellaneous itemized deductions.
Enter the lower amount of line 24 or 25 of form t777 at line 9945. Tax day is fast approaching and that can be a stressful time especially for the self employed.