Carl
Level 15

Deductions & credits

  • Close Home office, Open New One

  • Under Business Expenses, start/update Home Office Expense.

  • Select YES, then continue

  • Select both requirements, then continue

  • Select NO, continue

  • Select at least one of the options, continue

  • Your home office qualifies. Continue

  • Select YES, continue. (It may say “all 12 months, but YES anyway)

  • I’m  assuming 100%, then continue

  • You’re on Home Office Summary screen. Elect to EDIT it.

  • Verify the address (shud be old home office), continue

  • Select NO, continue

  • Select YES, you used it, and NO, you didn’t share it. Continue.

  • Select I Own it, continue

  • Select YES, continue

  • Confirm square footage, continue.

  • Select Actual Expenses, continue

  • Confirm Mortgage Interest Applies, then click DONE

  • Click Continue

  • Select NO, all expenses apply to entire home, continue. (If you have HO only expenses, select NO)

  • Enter PMI if paid, leave blank if not, and continue.

  • Select NO, continue

  • Enter RE taxes, continue

  • Utility expenses. You have box for both entire home and HO only. Enter as needed, Continue

  • Repair expenses. Enter as needed for whole home and HO only, continue.

  • Enter property insurance, continue

  • Enter other expenses, continue

  • Select NO for casualty/theft

  • See your summary, then continue

  • Home office asset summary. Only the old HO listed here. Edit it.

  • Select Your Home, continue

  • Review information, continue

  • Did you stop using this asset in 2015? YES YES YES YES YES! 

  • Enter date of disposition. Must be on or before the day you moved out. Then continue

  • Percentage of Biz Use screen, continue

  • Fed Depr Dedcution screen, just continue

  • Disposition of HO, click NO. You are indicating it was NOT a separate structure.

  • Did you sell? Click YES.

  • Indicate ownership, enter address, continue

  • Sales information. Enter it, and just continue working things through until you are returned to the “Your Home Office Asset Summary” screen.

  • Now click the Add An Asset button and start working this through to set up the new home office.

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