If you are self-employed and received a Form 1099NEC you can take your home office which is based on the square footage of your home office versus the total square foot of your home. Please be aware that employees working from home can't take the home office deduction, even if they've been asked to work from home due to COVID-19. This has been in place since 2018 when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law.
If you are qualified to take home office deductions, see the steps below:
- Click on the dropdown arrow next to Less common under the 10 categories recommended for you on the screen that says First, select the expenses you know you had
- Scroll down the list to locate the Home office deduction
- Click on Add under Home Office
- Continue and click Start next to Home office on the next screen
You should revisit your entries using the above steps to get to the Home Office section. Once there you can modify the entries you made.
If you decide to not claim the deduction you can delete Form 8829 as follows:
- Select Tax Tools from the menu on the left.
- Then select Tools.
- When the new menu pops up select Delete a Form.
- You will see a list of all the forms in your return.
- Find the form that you want to delete.
- Select the Form.
- Click Delete on the right
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