Home office deduction when displaced

[Kyle119]

I am self employed and have a home office. In 2019, a tree fall damaged my home and i spent all of 2020 in a rental property, covered by my home insurance. I am still making mortgage payments on my home. Can I still deduct my home office?

[ColeenD3]

Yes, but you will have to enter all new information about the location, the square footage and the fact that you pay rent. 

[Kyle119]

Thanks, but are you saying that I should deduct the office in the temporary rental property, or the office that is in my own house (that was unoccupied because of the tree damage)?

[AnnetteB6 · Accepted solution]

You will be deducting the qualified home office that you used in the temporary rental property, not the one in your home that was unoccupied.

@Kyle119