IRS Home Office Deductions
September 17th, 2006
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Question: Home Office Deduction and mileage question?
Let’s say I live in Riverside, California and my new work is in San Diego so that’s about 100 miles away. I rent an apartment in San Diego to stay while I work during the weekday and I go back home on the weekends. I have a home office in my rental apartment that I use to do work.
1. Can I write off the rental as lodging expenses?
2. Can I write off the home office even though I don’t own the apartment? The IRS only says home but what about people who don’t own a home but rent?
3. Can I write off the mileage from the apartment to the company?
4. I can’t write off the mileage from San Diego to Riverside because that’s commute right?
Thanks!
Answer: 1. No. Your tax home moved when your job did and you can’t deduct the cost of either home.
2. Yes, it is possible to write off a home office when you rent. of course you have to qualify and you won’t, but that’s a separate issue.
3. No. See #1.
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