Sorry, I thought I made it clear but I didn't think about all the details.
I own the property that my house and shop are on outright.
In the past I had a shop on the property that I owned but was making payments and handled like a home office and just made a ratio of square foot like a home office. Utilities weren't separate. I have separate utilities now but not sure how to right off 'rent'. If I was making a mortgage payment I could make a ratio of square foot but... If I have the business write a check would I have to have 1099 misc. to me personally? To me it wouldn't seem so since it is just a DBA. Not sure how to make this work. I worked at getting house paid off and was able to deduct percentage of that and don't think its right that I can't have some kind of deduction now.
Thank you for your time thinking of this and replying.
