Do our total water/heat/electricity amounts get split in two? or do we enter the total amount each since we are both using 1 of the 11 rooms of our house (2 rooms total) to perform our work duties?
If you are both working from home and use different rooms to work- yes you will split the cost of the water/heat and electricity.
Please review the CRA expenses you can claim.
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Thank you - we both work from home for the same employer (in separate designated work spaces) and both received a T2200.
As per the CRA: If you and your spouse both worked from home
If you both meet the eligibility criteria, you must decide which expenses each of you will claim. Each expense can be claimed only once.
In order to determine the amount you can deduct, you have to first determine the eligible home office expenses you can claim and then calculate the total employment-use amount of those expenses.
Please read this carefully to know exactly what can be claimed and how much.
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According to CRA:
If you both meet the eligibility criteria, you must decide which expenses each of you will claim. Each expense can be claimed only once.
I under stand the “office only” expenses can be only claimed once. How about entire house expenses, like cleaning and small repairs of air conditioner? I think it will make sense both claims them (with the separate designated work space). Please confirm. Thanks
As per the CRA: Maintenance and minor repair costs
The maintenance and minor repair costs generally fall into one of the following categories:
Rent paid for a house or apartment where you live
I have a related question or really clarification please.
as stated with the rpevious members question we are in the same situtation so do we split the costs for each expense or only claim for say myself?
I want to clarify as my wife also has a seperate office space that i am not sure if this will be taken into account if I only claim the expenses like internet, hydro etc.
I appreciate advice on how to complete?
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As Brenda said above, if you both meet the eligibility criteria, you must decide which expenses each of you will claim. Each expense can be claimed only once.
That having been said, if it is more beneficial for only one of you to claim work from home expenses, then you can do that as well.
The expenses you enter for the entire home will be prorated based on the size of the workspace and how much time you spent working there.
Ok so we agree that we can either split the costs or claim the total for only one person.
What about the size of the workspace if we're claiming for one person? If we work in separate workspaces, used only for employment, should we sum up the total area?
I'm guessing yes because if we don't sum up, then we are basically skipping the claim for one person.
@Its_trbo_time If you are only claiming the expenses for one person, then it would be based on their workspace.