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How to calculate home office expenses nz. The fixed rate for heating cooling and lighting in your home office is now 52 cents per hour. Business owners who use their home for work have long been able to claim a portion of their home expenses. If you re gst registered the gst content on home office expenses can be claimed as they re paid in each gst return period or at the end of your tax year. Home office equipment used for work.
If your home is 1 000 square feet and your home office measures 200 square feet you ll be able to claim an amount equal to 20 200 1 000 20 of your related expenses on your return. Unfortunately there are certain expenses that a salaried employee can t claim on their return. If you aren t using a separate area of your home for business you ll need to take into account how much time you spend on your business and the area used. Business income tax using your home for the business.
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. It excludes mortgage interest rates and rent. These expenses may include mortgage interest insurance utilities repairs and depreciation. Eg a house which is 100m2 with an office space which is 10m2 means the claimable amount of the household expenses is 10.
Indirect expenses are those paid for running your home which can be deducted based on the percentage of the home used for business see calculating your home office space deduction. There is a new way to calculate expenses like insurance and power based on the average cost of utilities per square metre of housing. New home office expenses method. A new way to calculate your home office costs tax alert august 2019 inland revenue has recently published guidance on how to apply the square metre rate option for calculating home office expenses available to business owners who use some of their own home to run their business.
The portion you can claim relates to the area of your home that you use for business. You can claim a portion of your household expenses such as rates insurance power and mortgage interest. In order for us to accurately calculate your home office claim we need to know the area of the space used as an office or for other business activities in relation to the area of the whole house. Typical indirect expenses include rent mortgage interest utilities insurance and general home repairs.
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