subject: Save taxes by supporting a home office deduction [print this page] According to the IRS, the majority of American taxpayers for working from home an unpretentious home office deduction, even if they are right. This is because they are not yet familiar with the rules for the deduction, and are skeptical of their requirements for reporting obligations. I am also afraid of the IRS, the taxpayer claimed the deduction is generally discourage underreporting income audited by small firms. However, until you areThe following rules, you should take the deduction will be no need to worry about an IRS audit.
The part of your home, how to use your office "exclusively" to identify and "regularly" as the principal place of business, or as a place to meet with patients, clients or customers. However, there are two exceptions to the "exclusive: (1) you are a qualified day care provider with a part of your house is like a day care center or(2) use a part of your home to store inventory or product samples.
"Usually" is not the same as "exclusive"
Means exclusively "for business, you must use your home office space for business travelers all the time. You or your family can not use the area designated for recreational purposes, including, otherwise they are not authorized to take deductions.
Main
principal place of business means to your homeOffice exclusively and regularly for administrative or management of your company, such as managing and billing customers, clients or patients, record keeping and report generation.
Calculate the commercial
There's two ways to calculate the percentage of business use of your home. The first method is the allocation of square footage (length x width) from your home office from the area of your home. The second method divides the number of premises usedfor business by the total number of rooms in the house. To use the second method, the rooms of your house must be about the same size.
You can deduct expenses
You can fully deduct the cost of painting or repairs, which relate only to the commercial side of your house. You can deduct the utilities, insurance, depreciation (if your home), rent (if you pay rent), the general repair and your security system based on the percentage of firmscalculated. You can also deduct property taxes, mortgage interest, qualified mortgage insurance premiums, and theft losses and left for your business is based rates, but these deductions are available even though not claim a deduction for home office collection.
