I had a home office for 7 months in 2021. I am not itemizing deductions, upon Turbo Tax’s recommendation. Two questions:
-Can I NOT claim mortgage interests for my home office if I am not itemizing deductions? If I can claim them, where would I do so, because Turbotax asks to uncheck the lender record box if I am not itemizing.
-Because I only have a home office for some months of the year, I am splitting the total mortgage interests I paid that were reported on my 1098. I am entering 2 “lenders” instead of 1: lender “a” has the interests corresponding to my home office months and lender “b” has the interests for the personal months. Is this ok, or will it raise a flag with the IRS because the amount reported in the 1098 was neither of those from lender “a” or “b” but the combination of both?
Thank you!
