I want to claim my home office expenses for working from home. Do I fill out BOTH sections of Turbotax (ENTIRE home expenses PLUS the office space only?)

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February 28, 2024
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GHarpe

Are you an employee working from home or are you self-employed with a business using a home office?

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bev_piccottAuthor

I am an employee working from home (not self employed, not sure why that was tagged). Using a bedroom as home office in my home.

TurboTaxSusan

It would depend on what expense you have. If you enter something in the "Expenses which you incurred for the entire home", then the expense will be prorated based on the amount of your home that you use for your work. If you put something in the "Expenses which you incurred for office space only (not for entire home)", then the whole expense will be deducted.

ali ali

Hello, i need some clarification, i work from home salaried employeed i was given t2200.

I am living on rent, and want to claim the rent and also my internet fees, where do i claim this?

Under employment expense profile do i select Other Employment Expenses or Office in Home Expenses

once i click either or where do i add my rent and internet? For example if i click office in home expense, i choose 3 bedroom and office space is one bedroom

so my office portion usage is 33% - so under other do i write rent and for zero rated/exempt do I write the monthly that the 33% came out to be or do i times that by 12 to add for the whole year? please advise the software is not so user friendly

GHarpe

You can claim under Office in Home Expenses. You can claim all of the rent you paid for the year under zero/rated & exempt, You can include your internet along with heating, etc. under HST if this is the taxes you paid on your bill. The software will calculate the percentage allowed according to the rooms you have entered. If you have a kitchen, 3 bedrooms, bathroom and living room and you used one bedroom, you would say you have 6 rooms and are using one for work space.

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apnc6041

@GHarpe @TurboTaxSusan Hello Team, I am bit confused as where to enter rent portion into work from home in expense. I am a salaried employee and worked from home for entire year. I am renting 2 BR apartment where I have made one room as office. Per my understanding total rooms will be 2 BB + 1 Kitchen + 1 Living + 1 Bathroom = 5 . And hence I enter total rooms as 5 and 1 room for office use.

I ONLY SEE BELOW OPTIONS TO ENTER INFO, BUT NOT FOR THE RENT and Internet amount. Do we need to use Other Specify section? If yes, then how to use one field for putting two amounts?

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Other, specify:

Electricity, heat, and water