Question 1

Can I claim the home office deduction if I also have an outside office?

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Yes, you can — as long as your home office meets the IRS requirements for “regular and exclusive use”. And qualifies as either your principal place of business or a place where you regularly meet clients. Having an outside office does not automatically disqualify you from claiming the home office deduction on Form 8829, but the rules are more specific than most people realize.The IRS allows the home office deduction under IRC Section 280A(c) if your home office is used “regularly and exclusively”. For business AND it meets one of these tests: (1) it’s your principal place of business, (2) it’s a place where you regularly meet with patients, clients, or customers in the normal course of your business, or (3) it’s a separate structure not attached to your home that you use in connection with your business. The “principal place of business”. Test is the most commonly used, and this is where having an outside office gets tricky.In 1999, the IRS updated the definition of “principal place of business”. Through the Taxpayer Relief Act to include a home office that you use for administrative or management activities, as long as there’s no other fixed location where you conduct those activities. This is sometimes called the “administrative office”. Test, and it’s the one that lets you have both a home office and an outside office. Here’s how it works in practice.Say you’re a self-employed electrician. You have a small commercial shop where you store equipment and meet with customers. But you do all your bookkeeping, invoicing, scheduling and tax prep from a dedicated room in your house. Your home office qualifies as your principal place of business for administrative activities, because those management tasks are performed at home, and there’s no other fixed location where you substantially perform administrative work. The commercial shop is where you store stuff and sometimes meet clients, but you don’t do your paperwork there. In this scenario, you can claim the home office deduction even though you have an outside workspace.Another common scenario: a self-employed consultant who rents a small co-working desk three days a week and works from a home office two days a week. If the consultant uses the home office exclusively for business and performs substantial administrative activities there (managing emails, preparing proposals, doing research, handling billing), the home office can qualify. The key question is whether the administrative work is done primarily at home rather than at the co-working space. If you’re doing your admin work at the co-working desk too, the home office likely doesn’t qualify as your principal place of business for management activities.The “exclusive use”. Requirement is strict and trips up many taxpayers. The room (or dedicated portion of a room) you claim as a home office must be used only for business — period. If your kids do homework at your office desk on weeknights, or you use the room as a guest bedroom when family visits, or you watch TV in there after work, you fail the exclusive use test and the entire deduction is disallowed. There are only two exceptions to the exclusive use rule: daycare facilities and inventory/product storage in your home (and even these have specific conditions). This is why tax professionals typically recommend designating a separate room with a door that’s used for nothing but work.The dollar impact of claiming a home office when you also have an outside office can be substantial. Suppose your home is 2,000 square feet and your dedicated home office is 200 square feet — that’s 10% of your home. If your total housing costs (rent or mortgage interest, property taxes, utilities, insurance, repairs, depreciation) come to $36,000 per year, you can deduct $3,600 on Form 8829. On top of that, the home office deduction opens the door to deducting a percentage of otherwise personal expenses — like your internet bill, your home security system, and repairs to areas of the house that benefit the office space.If you’re an employee (W-2 worker) rather than self-employed, the home office deduction is currently not available to you at the federal level. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 suspended the miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses (which included the employee home office deduction) through 2025. Under OBBBA, this suspension continues. However, some states — including New York — still allow employees to claim a home office deduction on their state returns. And if your employer has an “accountable plan”. That reimburses you for home office expenses, those reimbursements are tax-free and don’t need to be claimed as a deduction.For people with both a home office and an outside office, documentation is especially important. If you’re audited, the IRS will want to understand why you need two workspaces and how you divide your activities between them. Keep a log or calendar showing what work you perform at each location. Screenshots of your digital calendar showing “admin work from home”. On certain days can serve as supporting evidence. Keep receipts for all housing expenses you claim, and take photos of your home office showing it’s set up as a workspace (desk, computer, file cabinet — not a bed and a treadmill).One more planning note: if you’re renting an outside office, the rent for that space is deductible as a regular business expense on Schedule C, Line 20b. That deduction exists regardless of whether you also claim a home office. So you’re not choosing between one deduction or the other — you can take both, as long as each workspace meets its own qualification rules. The outside office rent is a straightforward business expense. The home office deduction has additional requirements under Section 280A but produces additional savings when those requirements are met.Employees and self-employed individuals alike should also consider the state-level implications. Some states have their own home office deduction rules that may be more or less favorable than the federal rules. California, for example, conforms to the federal rules for self-employed individuals but has some differences in how depreciation on the home is treated. If you’re filing in a state with income tax and claiming a home office, check whether your state has specific requirements beyond the federal ones.If you have both a home office and an outside workspace and aren’t sure whether your home office qualifies for the deduction, reach out to our team for a review. The savings can be worth $2,000 to $5,000+ per year depending on your housing costs and the size of your office space, so it’s worth getting the analysis right.

Question 2

Does the home office deduction increase my audit risk?

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This is one of the most persistent myths in tax planning, and it stops thousands of self-employed people from claiming a deduction they’re legally entitled to every year. The short answer: claiming a home office deduction does not meaningfully increase your audit risk, and the IRS has not publicly identified it as an audit trigger. But there’s more to the story, so let’s walk through what actually drives audit risk and where the home office deduction fits in.First, some context on audit rates. The IRS audited about 0.4% of all individual returns in recent years — roughly 4 out of every 1,000 returns. For Schedule C filers (self-employed individuals), the audit rate is somewhat higher, typically around 1-2%, because self-employment income has historically had higher rates of underreporting compared to W-2 wages. But the audit rate for Schedule C filers is higher because of the nature of self-employment income itself — not because of any single deduction like the home office. The IRS uses a scoring system called the Discriminant Inventory Function (DIF) to flag returns for potential audit. This system looks at overall patterns and ratios, not individual line items in isolation.What the DIF system actually focuses on includes: total deductions that are disproportionately large relative to income, consistent reporting of net losses year after year (suggesting a hobby rather than a business), large cash-intensive businesses with inconsistent income reporting, and returns where reported income is significantly lower than what third-party information returns (1099s, K-1s) suggest. A home office deduction of $3,000 to $5,000 on a Schedule C with $80,000 in gross income is not going to light up the DIF score. It’s a routine deduction that millions of taxpayers claim every year.The myth about home office audits likely dates back to the 1980s and 1990s, when the rules were stricter and the IRS did challenge home office deductions more aggressively. Before the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 clarified the “principal place of business”. Definition, there was genuine ambiguity about who qualified, and the Tax Court heard numerous cases on the issue. The landmark Soliman case (1993) went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled against a self-employed anesthesiologist who claimed a home office deduction. Congress responded by loosening the rules in 1999, and since then, the home office deduction has been on much more solid legal footing. The IRS has better things to do than chase straightforward home office deductions that follow the current rules.That said, certain ways of claiming the home office deduction could attract scrutiny — not because of the deduction itself, but because of how it’s calculated or what it implies about the return as a whole. Red flags include: claiming an implausibly large percentage of your home as office space (if your Form 8829 says 60% of your 3,000-square-foot house is used exclusively for business, that’s going to raise eyebrows), claiming the home office deduction when you also have an employer-provided office and W-2 wages from the same line of work, or reporting housing expenses that are wildly out of proportion to the income the business generates.The simplified method, introduced in 2013, further reduced any marginal audit risk associated with the home office deduction. Under the simplified method, you simply multiply the square footage of your home office (up to 300 square feet) by $5, for a maximum deduction of $1,500 per year. There’s no Form 8829 to file, no need to calculate actual expenses, and no depreciation recapture to worry about when you sell your home. Because the calculation is so straightforward, there’s virtually nothing for the IRS to dispute. The tradeoff is that the simplified method produces a smaller deduction than the actual expense method for most taxpayers — but if audit anxiety is your primary concern (it shouldn’t be), the simplified method essentially eliminates any incremental risk.Here’s what I’d actually worry about on a Schedule C return, ranked from highest to lowest audit risk impact: (1) reporting zero or negative net income multiple years in a row, (2) large discrepancies between gross receipts and 1099-K/1099-NEC amounts, (3) vehicle expenses that suggest 100% business use of a personal vehicle, (4) meals and entertainment deductions that seem excessive relative to the business type, and (5) total deductions that exceed 50% of gross receipts. The home office deduction doesn’t make this list. It’s a relatively small, well-defined deduction with clear rules that the IRS computers can easily validate (is the square footage reasonable? does the taxpayer have Schedule C income? is the deduction method consistent?).Ironically, not claiming the home office deduction when you’re entitled to it is arguably worse than claiming it — from a tax planning perspective, anyway. The deduction saves real money: at $3,000 per year in the 24% bracket, that’s $720 in federal tax savings annually. Over a 20-year self-employment career, that’s $14,400 in deductions left on the table out of misplaced fear of audit. And remember, the home office deduction also makes a portion of your housing expenses deductible for self-employment tax purposes, which adds another layer of savings.The best way to avoid audit problems with any deduction — including the home office — is simply to follow the rules and keep good records. For the home office deduction specifically, that means: use a dedicated space exclusively for business (no dual-purpose rooms), keep records of your housing expenses (mortgage interest or rent statements, utility bills, insurance premiums), take a photo of your office setup, and file Form 8829 accurately with your return (or use the simplified method if you prefer). If you’re audited and can produce these records, the deduction will be sustained without issue.The bottom line: claim the home office deduction if you qualify for it. The tax savings are real, the audit risk is minimal, and the IRS has much bigger fish to fry. If you want to make sure your home office setup passes muster, contact our team for a quick review. We can confirm your eligibility and help you choose between the simplified and actual expense methods based on which produces the larger deduction for your situation.

Question 3

Should I use the simplified method or the actual expense method?

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The right method depends on two things: the size of your home office and the total cost of running your home. For most self-employed individuals with a dedicated home office, the actual expense method on Form 8829 produces a larger deduction — often significantly larger. But the simplified method takes about 30 seconds, requires zero record-keeping, and eliminates depreciation recapture concerns. Let me walk you through both so you can see which one wins for your situation.The simplified method is exactly what it sounds like. You multiply the square footage of your home office (capped at 300 square feet) by $5 per square foot, giving you a maximum deduction of $1,500 per year. No Form 8829 required. No need to track mortgage interest, property taxes, utilities, insurance, repairs, or depreciation. You just claim the flat-rate deduction on Schedule C, Line 30, and you’re done. The IRS introduced this method in 2013 specifically to reduce the complexity and paperwork burden of the home office deduction.The actual expense method requires more work but almost always yields a bigger number. You calculate your home office percentage (square footage of office divided by total square footage of home), then apply that percentage to your total housing expenses. The deductible expenses include: mortgage interest (or rent, if you’re a renter), real estate property taxes, utilities (electric, gas, water, trash, internet), homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, home repairs and maintenance, and depreciation on the portion of your home used for business (if you own). You total all of these and multiply by your office percentage.Let’s run the comparison with a real-world example. You have a 2,000-square-foot home and a 200-square-foot home office. Your annual housing costs are: $18,000 in mortgage interest, $5,000 in property taxes, $3,600 in utilities, $1,800 in homeowner’s insurance, $2,000 in home maintenance, and $6,500 in depreciation on the home (calculated under MACRS over 39 years for the business portion). That totals $36,900 in deductible housing expenses. Your office is 10% of your home (200/2,000), so your actual expense deduction is $3,690. Compare that to the simplified method: 200 square feet x $5 = $1,000. The actual expense method gives you $2,690 more in deductions — at the 24% bracket, that’s $646 in additional tax savings per year.The gap widens even further if your housing costs are high. In expensive markets like New York, San Francisco, or Los Angeles, a homeowner with $30,000 in annual mortgage interest, $12,000 in property taxes, and $5,000 in utilities could easily have an actual expense deduction of $5,000 to $8,000 for a 10% office space — compared to $1,500 maximum under the simplified method. For renters in expensive cities paying $3,000 to $4,000 per month in rent, the actual expense method might yield a home office deduction of $3,600 to $4,800 (10% of $36,000–$48,000 in annual rent), while the simplified method caps at $1,500.So when does the simplified method actually win? It wins when your office is small and your housing costs are low. If you have a 150-square-foot office in a fully paid-off home with modest utility costs (say $2,400 per year total) and minimal other housing expenses, the actual expense deduction might only be $180 to $300 — whereas the simplified method gives you $750 (150 x $5). The simplified method also wins purely on convenience for anyone who doesn’t want to track housing expenses or deal with Form 8829. For a $1,500 deduction at the 22% bracket, you’re saving $330 per year with zero paperwork. That’s not bad for 30 seconds of work.There’s one major advantage to the simplified method that people overlook: it avoids depreciation recapture. When you use the actual expense method and claim depreciation on the business portion of your home, you’re reducing your home’s tax basis by the amount of depreciation claimed. When you eventually sell the home, that depreciation is “recaptured” — meaning you owe tax on the depreciation amount at a 25% rate, even if the overall home sale would otherwise qualify for the $250,000/$500,000 capital gains exclusion under IRC Section 121. This can be a meaningful tax hit.For example, if you claim $2,000 per year in home office depreciation for 15 years, that’s $30,000 in total depreciation. When you sell, you owe $7,500 in depreciation recapture tax (25% x $30,000), regardless of whether you otherwise owe capital gains tax on the sale. The simplified method eliminates this issue entirely because no depreciation is claimed or recaptured. If you plan to sell your home in the next few years and you’ve been claiming actual expenses with depreciation, the recapture hit is already baked in for prior years — but switching to the simplified method from now on would stop the depreciation clock.A hybrid approach works well for many people: use the actual expense method during years when your housing costs are high and you need the larger deduction, then switch to the simplified method in the year or two before you plan to sell your home. You can change methods from year to year — the IRS doesn’t lock you into one approach permanently. However, if you switch from actual to simplified and then back to actual, you need to use the appropriate ADS (alternative depreciation system) calculations, which can get complicated. Talk to a tax professional before switching back and forth multiple times.For renters, the actual expense method is almost always better because there’s no depreciation to recapture (renters don’t depreciate a home they don’t own). You simply deduct your office percentage of rent, utilities, renter’s insurance, and any repairs. A renter paying $2,400/month ($28,800/year) with a 12% office space would deduct $3,456 under the actual expense method versus $1,500 maximum under the simplified method. That extra $1,956 in deductions saves roughly $430 to $723 per year depending on your tax bracket.Here’s my general rule of thumb: if your housing costs exceed $15,000 per year (whether rent or mortgage interest plus taxes plus utilities), use the actual expense method. The extra paperwork takes about an hour once per year with Form 8829, and the additional deduction is usually worth $500 to $3,000+ per year compared to the simplified method. If your housing costs are under $10,000 per year and your office is small (under 150 square feet), the simplified method may match or beat the actual expense method — and the convenience factor tips the scales in its favor.Not sure which method is better for your situation? Contact our team and we’ll calculate both options using your actual numbers. It takes about 10 minutes and could save you thousands over the life of your business.

Question 4

Do I have to pay back depreciation when I sell my home?

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Yes — if you claimed depreciation on a home office using the actual expense method, you will owe depreciation recapture tax when you sell the home. This catches a lot of people off guard, especially those who assumed their home sale would be entirely tax-free under the $250,000/$500,000 capital gains exclusion. Let me explain exactly how this works, what the tax rate is, and how to plan for it.When you claim the home office deduction using Form 8829 and the actual expense method, one component of the deduction is depreciation on the business-use portion of your home. The IRS requires you to depreciate the business percentage of your home’s basis (purchase price plus improvements, minus land value) over 39 years using the straight-line method. For example, if your home’s depreciable basis is $300,000 and your office is 10% of the home, you depreciate $30,000 over 39 years — that’s about $769 per year in depreciation deductions.Here’s the catch: when you sell your home, IRC Section 1250 requires you to “recapture”. The depreciation you claimed (or were allowed to claim, even if you didn’t claim it — more on that in a moment). Depreciation recapture is taxed at a flat 25% rate, which is higher than the 15% or 20% rate that applies to most long-term capital gains. So even if the rest of your home sale qualifies for the capital gains exclusion and you owe zero capital gains tax, you still owe 25% on the accumulated depreciation.Let me put real numbers on this. You bought your home for $400,000 (with $80,000 allocated to non-depreciable land, leaving $320,000 in depreciable basis). Your home office is 10% of the home, so $32,000 of basis is allocated to the office. Over 10 years, you claimed approximately $8,205 in depreciation ($32,000 / 39 years x 10 years). You sell the home for $550,000. Your total gain is $150,000, all of which falls under the $250,000 exclusion (or $500,000 for married filing jointly). But the $8,205 in depreciation you claimed cannot be excluded — it’s recaptured at the 25% rate. Your depreciation recapture tax: $8,205 x 25% = $2,051.That $2,051 bill might seem annoying, but consider the tax benefit you received along the way. Over 10 years, that $8,205 in depreciation deductions saved you roughly $1,969 in federal income tax (at the 24% bracket). Plus, the depreciation was part of a larger home office deduction that included mortgage interest, property taxes, and utilities — the total deduction might have been $35,000 to $50,000 over those 10 years. So the recapture is a relatively small cost compared to the total tax savings from the home office deduction.There’s an important nuance: you owe recapture on depreciation you were “allowed or allowable” — meaning the IRS considers you to have claimed depreciation even if you forgot to or chose not to. If you used the actual expense method on Form 8829 but neglected to include the depreciation line, the IRS still treats you as having taken the depreciation when calculating recapture at sale. This is why it’s important to actually claim the depreciation each year — if you’re going to owe recapture either way, you might as well get the annual tax benefit from the deduction.If you used the simplified method ($5 per square foot, up to $1,500) for your home office deduction, there is no depreciation to recapture. The simplified method doesn’t involve claiming depreciation at all, so there’s nothing to recapture when you sell. This is one of the simplified method’s key advantages, and it’s why some people prefer it even though it usually produces a smaller annual deduction.What about the Section 121 exclusion? The $250,000/$500,000 home sale exclusion still applies to the gain on the personal-use portion of your home. It also applies to the gain on the business-use portion, as long as the office was part of the dwelling unit (inside the home, not a separate structure). Before 2002, you had to allocate gain between the business and personal portions, and only the personal portion qualified for the Section 121 exclusion. The IRS changed this rule, and now the entire gain (both personal and business portions) qualifies for the exclusion — but the depreciation recapture still applies separately. So the exclusion covers the capital gain, but not the depreciation recapture. These are two separate tax calculations.If your home office is in a separate structure — a detached garage that’s been converted into an office, a standalone shed or studio, etc. — the rules are less favorable. The gain allocable to the separate structure does not qualify for the Section 121 exclusion, and you’ll owe both capital gains tax and depreciation recapture on that portion. This is an important distinction for people with detached home offices.Planning strategies to manage depreciation recapture include: switching to the simplified method in the years before you plan to sell (this stops new depreciation from being claimed, though it doesn’t erase prior depreciation that’s already subject to recapture), converting the office back to personal use before selling (though the “allowed or allowable”. Rule still means prior depreciation is recaptured), and timing the sale to minimize overall tax impact (for example, selling in a year when your other income is low, so the recapture tax is offset by your lower overall tax burden).The bottom line: depreciation recapture is real and you should plan for it, but it shouldn’t stop you from claiming the home office deduction. The annual tax savings from the deduction typically far exceed the eventual recapture tax, especially if you own the home for many years. And if you want to avoid recapture entirely, the simplified method gives you a home office deduction with no depreciation component and so no recapture exposure. Talk to our team at reedcorp.tax if you’re planning a home sale and want to understand the recapture math for your specific situation.Keep in mind that depreciation recapture applies even if claiming the depreciation did not actually benefit you. If your income was too low for the deduction to offset any tax, or if the AMT limited its usefulness, the IRS still recaptures the amount you were “allowed or allowable” — meaning the amount you could have claimed regardless of whether you actually did. This makes it especially important to claim depreciation when you are entitled to it, because you will be taxed on it when you sell either way.

Question 5

Can renters claim the home office deduction?

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Absolutely yes. Renters can claim the home office deduction, and in many cases, it’s actually more straightforward for renters than for homeowners because there’s no depreciation to calculate and no depreciation recapture to worry about when you move. If you’re self-employed and work from a dedicated space in your rented apartment or house, you should seriously look at this deduction — it can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars per year.The qualification rules are the same for renters and homeowners. You need to be self-employed (or an independent contractor), the space must be used “regularly and exclusively”. For business, and it must be your principal place of business (or a place where you regularly meet clients). Employees who work remotely cannot claim the home office deduction at the federal level — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act suspended that through at least 2025, and OBBBA extended the suspension. But if you file a Schedule C, you’re eligible regardless of whether you rent or own.Here’s how the deduction works for renters using the actual expense method. You calculate the business-use percentage of your home — typically the square footage of your dedicated office space divided by the total square footage of your apartment or house. Then you apply that percentage to your deductible housing expenses. For renters, those expenses include: rent, renter’s insurance, utilities (electricity, gas, water, internet, trash), and any repairs or maintenance you pay for. Unlike homeowners, renters don’t have mortgage interest, property taxes, or depreciation to factor in — but rent is often the biggest single housing expense, so the deduction can still be substantial.Let’s run through an example. You rent a 900-square-foot apartment for $2,200 per month ($26,400 per year). Your dedicated home office is a 120-square-foot bedroom that you’ve converted into a workspace — 13.3% of the apartment. Your other deductible expenses are: $300 per year for renter’s insurance, $1,800 per year for electricity, $720 per year for internet, and $240 per year for gas. Total deductible housing expenses: $29,460. Your home office deduction: $29,460 x 13.3% = $3,918. At the 24% federal tax bracket, that’s $940 in federal tax savings. At the 32% bracket, it’s $1,254. And if you’re in a state with income tax, the state savings are additional — in California at 9.3%, add another $364.For renters in expensive cities, the numbers get even more impressive. A freelancer in Manhattan paying $4,000 per month ($48,000 per year) for a one-bedroom apartment with a 15% office allocation (a corner of the living room dedicated exclusively to work, measured and documented) could deduct roughly $7,200+ in rent alone, plus a proportional share of utilities and insurance. Total home office deduction: potentially $8,000 to $9,000 per year. At a combined federal and New York State marginal rate of around 33%, that’s nearly $3,000 in annual tax savings from a deduction that many renters don’t know they can claim.The simplified method is also available to renters. You deduct $5 per square foot of your home office, up to 300 square feet, for a maximum deduction of $1,500. No Form 8829 required. For renters with modest rent (under $1,000 per month) and a small office space, the simplified method might actually produce a similar or larger deduction than the actual expense method. But for most urban renters, the actual expense method wins because rent is high relative to the square footage.One advantage renters have over homeowners: no depreciation recapture. When a homeowner claims the home office deduction using the actual expense method, the IRS requires them to depreciate the business-use portion of their home. That depreciation is later “recaptured” (taxed at 25%) when the home is sold. Renters don’t own the property, so there’s no depreciation and no recapture — ever. Your home office deduction is pure tax savings with no future clawback. This makes the actual expense method especially attractive for renters, because you get the full benefit of the larger deduction without the downside of future recapture.Documentation for renters is simple. Keep copies of your lease (showing the monthly rent amount), your utility bills, your renter’s insurance declarations page, and any receipts for repairs or improvements you paid for in the rental. Take a photo of your home office space showing it’s set up as a workspace. Measure the square footage of both your office and the total rental unit, and keep those measurements on file. If you’re audited, the IRS wants to see that the space exists, that it’s used exclusively for business, and that the expenses you’re claiming are real.What if you work from a corner of your bedroom rather than a separate room? This is technically allowed — the IRS says “a separately identifiable space”. Qualifies, not just a separate room. But proving exclusive use is much harder when your “office”. Is a desk in the corner of a room you also sleep in. In practice, taxpayers with a dedicated room for their office have a much easier time defending the deduction in an audit. If your only option is a desk in a shared room, consider using a room divider or partition to create a visually (and functionally) distinct workspace, and be rigorous about only using that area for work.Renters who are also enrolled in an accountable plan with a client or employer may be able to receive tax-free reimbursements for home office expenses rather than claiming a deduction. This is less common for freelancers but worth exploring if you have a single primary client who might be willing to structure their payments this way. The reimbursement would be excluded from your income entirely, which may produce a better result than a deduction depending on your specific tax situation.The most common mistake renters make is simply not claiming the deduction at all. According to IRS data, millions of Schedule C filers who appear to work from home don’t claim any home office deduction. If you’re self-employed and paying rent on a space where you work, you’re leaving money on the table. Run the numbers using both the simplified and actual expense methods, pick the one that gives you the larger deduction, and claim it. If you’re unsure about the qualification rules or how to fill out Form 8829, our team can walk you through it and make sure you’re getting every dollar you’re entitled to.

Form 8829: How to Claim the Home Office Deduction

Form 8829 Home Office Deduction: Who Qualifies for the Home Office Deduction

The Simplified Method: $5 Per Square Foot

The Actual Expense Method: Form 8829 in Detail

Calculating Your Business-Use Percentage

Direct vs. Indirect Expenses

The Deduction Limitation You Should Know About

Depreciation and What Happens When You Sell

Audit Risk: Separating Fact From Fear

When the Simplified Method Makes More Sense

Self-Employment Tax and the Home Office Connection

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