Pub 587 states:
Taxpayers claiming the standard deduction. If you claim the standard deduction, you will not include any mortgage interest, or real estate taxes on lines 6 and 7; instead, you will claim the entire business use of the home portion of those expenses using lines 14 and 15.
Go back and make entries for lines 14 and 15 to get line 27 to calculate a deduction for you. You can also use the simplified method instead which gives you $5 per square foot of office space up to 300 sq ft.
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