I likewise qualified to claim the home office deduction, and claimed it. My income was a pittance... Less than $40,000. Hardly a prime target to go after, yet I was audited due to the home office deduction. I sat through two, eight hour days of grilling at the IRS office, after which the auditor found my deduction to be valid. It still cost me two days of work and a lot of aggravation.
...That being said, as of Feb 18th, 2022, the IRS is currently 6 million returns backlogged. So, who
knows?
