Yes assuming the other qualifications are met.
Home office used for two businesses. The remaining 1 900 square feet is used regularly for your child care business. Or if you use your home office more for 1 business than the other you could enter 75 square feet and 25 square feet respectively. A home office is a place in your home that is used exclusively for business purposes. Revenue procedure 2013 13 pdf allows qualifying taxpayers to use a prescribed rate of 5 per square foot of the portion of the home used for business up to a maximum of 300 square feet to compute the business use of home deduction.
On the other hand if you have separate offices for each busine. Lots of entrepreneurs work from home at least on occasion. Your time percent is 40. You ll have to split these expenses between the businesses.
For example if you have 2 businesses and 1 office measuring 100 square feet that you use equally for both businesses you could enter 50 square feet for each home office. In fact there s a good chance that more than one person in your household may need a home office. The home office deduction allows independent contractors small business owners and others to lower their taxable income. If you husband is using his office exclusively for his business his business use percentage of the home would be 5 100 divided.
Whether you and your partner both work from home every day or you occasionally bring in a coworker to help with tasks you may benefit from having a home office that s optimized for multiple people. The irs offers taxpayers a home office deduction to offset a portion of the costs of their home offices. Your husband s graphic arts business occupies 100 square feet of the home. Expenses for business use of your home for each business.
To claim it for two different businesses the office space must qualify as the principal place of business for both. The only caveat is that if you use the same office for multiple businesses you can t deduct the office expenses multiple times. Your home is 2 000 square feet. If both businesses meet the criteria for a home office deduction you need to file a separate form 8829.
For a full explanation of tax deductions for your home office refer to publication 587 business use of your home.