Megan96
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Home Office Expenses w/ Roommates

Alrighty so last year I worked from home the whole time I worked for the company and I had a home office. It asks me to add in my rent, utilities, maintenance costs, etc for the whole home in order to determine if there is a deduction for my home office. So I have two questions. Do I enter the amount as an average monthly or as a total for the year? Also, I had 3 roommates for part of the year and had 1 roommate for the latter part of the year. Would I only put in there what I personally paid or the entire cost of everything regardless of who paid it? We split the rent and utilities evenly so my portion was significantly less than the full amount.