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Home Office Deduction

Home Office – Special Considerations: Employee Use

May 30, 2012

This is part of the Home Office series.

Resources:

  • IRS Publication 587
  • Form 8829, Expenses for Business Use of Your Home

Why YOU Should Care:

If you are an employee of someone else and you use a part of your home for business, you may qualify for a deduction for its business use.

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Home Office – Special Considerations: Inventory Storage

April 26, 2012

This is part of the Home Office series.

Resources:

  • Publication 587 
  • 2011 Form 8829 
  • Instructions for 2011 Form 8829

Why YOU Should Care:

If part of your home is used for inventory storage or product samples, you may be able to deduct expenses for the business use of your house without meeting the exclusive use test.

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Home Office: How to Calculate

April 23, 2012

This is part of the Home Office series.

Resources:

  • 2011 Form 8829
  • Instructions for 2011 Form 8829
  • IRS Publication 587

Why YOU Should Care:

Using part of your home for business may enable you to deduct certain expenses such as:

  • Real estate taxes.
  • Qualified mortgage insurance premiums.
  • Deductible mortgage interest.
  • Casualty losses.
  • Depreciation
  • Insurance.
  • Rent paid for the use of property you do not own but use in your trade or business.
  • Repairs.
  • Security system.
  • Utilities and services.

These expenses can be deducted to the extent your home is used as an office space. Generally, these deductions are based on the percentage of your home devoted to business use (called the “business percentage”).

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