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Home office deduction amount and form to put the deduction on for 2018 draft forms?
Joyce's office is located in a separate room in the house ad occupies 375 sq. ft. The total square footage of the house is 2,500sq.ft. The Schnappaufs purchased the home 7/3/04 for $70,000. The local practice is to allocate 10% of the purchase price to land. The depreciation percentage for the office is 0.02564. When Joyce startsd her business on 1/1/2010, the fair market value of the house was $108,000. The total household expenses for 2018 are as follows:
Heat: 2170, Insurance: 1480, Electricity: 740, Repairs to kitchen: 3100, Cleaning: 1560.
Step 1: Figure out the business percentage for your home office | ||
A | Total area of your home (in square feet) | 2500 |
B | Area of your home office space (in square feet) | 375 |
C | Business percentage of home: (B/A) | 15% |
Step 2: Calculate the percentage of indirect expenses | ||
Indirect Expenses: | ||
Property insurance | 1480 | |
Utilities | 740 | |
Other indirect expenses (include detail): | ||
Heat | 2170 | |
Cleaning service | 1560 | |
Total indirect expenses | 5950 | |
Multiply total indirect expenses by business % __ | 892.5 | |
* Repairs to Kitchen is not allowed as expenses exclusively for home |
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Step 3: | Calculation of Depreciation Expenses | |
Purchase price of your home | 70000 | |
Less: Cost of Land i.e. 10% | 7000 | |
Cost Basis just your home | 63000 | |
FMV of the house | 108000 | |
Less: FMV of the land (i.e. 10%) | 10800 | |
FMV just your home | 97200 | |
*Take the lesser of the adjusted basis or
the FMV to use as your depreciation calculation starting point |
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Basis of Building | 63000 | |
Business Basis of the house | 9450 | |
Depreciation % | 2.564% | |
Depreciation allowable | 242.30 | |
Step 4: | Home Office Deduction | |
Indirect Expenses | 892.5 | |
Depreciation allowable | 242.30 | |
Total Home Office Deduction | 1134.8 | |