hawksearcher
Returning Member

How should I handle a home office deduction if I switch the self-employed business I used the HO for?

So, I'm not sure how to handle this one:

 

I used our home office all year long, but for months 1-3 I used it in a certain line of business regarding online sales, then months 4-12 I used it for technical writing. Each of these fields have their own separate incomes and expenses, but I used the same home office space. So, in TurboTax, should I enter my year's worth of home-office-related expenses under each but just be sure to select "I only used this space for 3 months" under my first job, and "I only used this space for 9 months" under my second? That's a bit of a head-scratcher for me.

 

Additionally, I made some repairs to my home office ONLY during my second job, so it doesn't seem right that I should try to deduct those repairs under my first job when the repairs clearly happened well into my second job.

 

Any advice helps, thank you!