The Cleaning Lady and Your Home-Office Deduction

If you have an office in your home that qualifies for the home-office deduction and you employ a cleaning lady who maintains both your home and your home office, there are a couple of tax considerations to keep in mind. The amount you pay your cleaning lady for her...

Make Sure You Grab Your Home Internet Deduction

If you do some work at home, you’re probably using your home internet connection. Are your monthly internet expenses deductible? Maybe. The deduction rules depend on your choice of business entity (proprietorship, corporation, or partnership).   Deduction on...

Garage Space as a Home Office

Do you claim a tax deduction for a home office? Should you include or exclude your garage space in your calculations of business-use percentage?   The Culp’s Case Ronald Culp earned an office deduction for 78 percent of his home. That’s a nice percentage,...

Using Whole or Partial Rooms for Your Home Office

You may be spending more time working from your home office. You may have taken some extra rooms for your business use. Is that okay? Section 280A(c) states that you may claim a home office based on the portion of the dwelling that you use exclusively and regularly...