I can only work remotely (and am classified as a remote employee by my company), so I am working purely for the employer's benefit. There is no local office for me to work from. Also, Turbotax indicates that the expenses need to be more than 2% of the AGI (although I didn't see reference to that in IRS documentation (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/home-office-deduction">https://www.irs..., there is no change to my tax return numbers if I completely remove these expenses or artificially make them high (much higher than 2% of AGI).
