Home office tax deductions 

Home office tax deductions are allowed for both self employed home based business owners and employees who meet special home office tax deductions requirements.

Home office tax deductions for spousal employment

If you employ your spouse, there may be home office tax deductions for you. You may be able to deduct home office expenses by requiring your spouse to use the home office for your convenience. There have been no cases or rulings testing this arrangement, but if there is a real need on your part for it, the arrangement might work.

In Home Office Tax Deductions section you will learn about:

• Home office deductions in general
• Special requirements for employees
• Allocating the business part of home expenses
• Deduction limits
• Special business uses of a home
• Ancillary benefits of claiming home office deductions
• Implications of claiming home office deductions on home sales
• Where to deduct home office expenses