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I use part of my home to run my self employment business. Turbotax gave me the option to enter the sq footage but not the cost of rent. How do I add rent cost?

 
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I use part of my home to run my self employment business. Turbotax gave me the option to enter the sq footage but not the cost of rent. How do I add rent cost?

If you are a self-employed and want to claim your rent paid as a home office expense, refer to the following steps: 

Log in to your account and edit your current return --> Income --> Self-Employment --> create your profile --> you can enter your expenses under rent while filling in the form T2125. 

For further clarification please check out these two links:

 Claiming Home Office Expenses for Your Small Business

T2125 Tax Form: Declare income and expenses from a business or profession

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I use part of my home to run my self employment business. Turbotax gave me the option to enter the sq footage but not the cost of rent. How do I add rent cost?

In this case, you can follow this video about the Home Office Expenses for self-employment.  Firstly, you should be enter how many room in your home did you use for work?. Then in the next page, they have a table about the expenses for this room. Enter the cost for that one here as the video guide. 
For further information, please see our TurboTax article: How do I claim home office expenses?

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