Experimenting this year with Married Filing Separately; we always filed jointly in years past. I am self-employed, fill out Schedule C, and have been claiming a home office for years. My wife gets a W2 and doesn't claim a home office for her job. I'm wondering if that filing separately status has an impact on the amounts that are entered in the Indirect Expense column of Form 8829, specifically the things we pay for together like mortgage, real estate taxes, and home insurance. Would I enter only 50% of the real estate taxes we paid or can I enter 100% of them? If it makes a difference, we are each taking the standard deduction on our separate returns.
