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How do I claim home office expenses if I’m self-employed?

by TurboTax•51• Updated 6 months ago

To claim home office expenses for a business, your office must be one of the following:

  • Your main place of business, or
  • Used only to earn income and regularly meet clients

Select your product and follow the steps to claim your expenses in TurboTax.

  1. Answer all the initial interview questions to get to Your 2024 tax return screen, if you haven't already.
  2. Under Add to your return, enter self and select Self-employment activities.
  3. At the Your Self-Employment or Business Summary screen, select Enter New Business.
  4. Complete the interview screens until you arrive at the Do you use your home address for your (business) work? screen and select Yes.
  5. Continue completing the interview screens, until arriving at the Select the types of expenses you have screen.
  6. Under Home office, select Add.
  7. At the Here’s your (business) info screen, under Home office, select Start.
  8. At the Home office expenses screen:
    1. Under Did you use part of your home for work? select  Yes.
    2. Under Was this home office or workspace used for work only and nothing else? select Yes or No, depending on your situation.
  9. At the How much of your home did you use for work? screen, enter the required info.
  10. At the Tell us about your home expenses screen, enter all of your applicable home office expense info.
  11. At the Here’s your (business) info screen, you’ll see your total claim for home office expenses.
  1. Answer all the initial interview questions if you haven't already.
  2. Select the Find icon and search for Business and select Businesses.
  3. Proceed through all of the income and expense screens providing the required info. until you arrive at the T2125 Business-Use-of-Home screen, and select Yes.
  4. At the T2125 Home Expenses screen, enter the required expense info.
  5. At the Portion of your home used for your business screen, enter your info about the workspace and the home overall.
  6. At the T2125 Business Summary screen, you’ll see the Business Statement with Business-use-of-home expenses.
  7. Enter your business info on T2125 – Business Statement and Continue.