Deductions & credits

Thank you, John.   Very helpful.

 

Yes, each of us works for different companies, and the companies both eliminated our physical offices and told us to work from home.

 

When you say the expenses will be apportioned, I notice two different fields in TurboTax for us to fill out.  One is for the maintenance/utilities, etc. for the entire home.   The other is for the maintenance/utilities for the home office portion.

 

We don't really have separate bills for the home office part, but I know our entire-home utilities are $2,000 per year.    So I will enter that $2,000 on my wife's field, and then enter the same number for my own.   I wasn't sure about this, because I don't want to imply that we spend $4,000.