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Level 15
Level 15

Investors & landlords

Prabalji, 

                  let us first be clear on a few things.  An S-Corp is an entity  separate from yourself.  Even though a single member S-Corp  kind of behaves like a pass through entity in some instances, it behaves like a C-Corp in other areas. Once you make that distinction that this is an entity that  is apart from yourself ( member/s ),  there is no such thing as home rent for the S-Corp.  If the S-Corp's main premises are  same as your home ( postal address), it still can only use dedicated exclusive  portion of those premises  as its own --- thus if the premises are rented, you must delineate/ allocate  a portion of the square footage that is used exclusively  (and all the time)  by the business -- the total rent / utilities etc. can be allocated to the S-Corp.  I have had clients with S-Corp ( single member) that  had machines running 24 X 7 and thus were able to claim the rent & utilities allocated to the business.  Just have good records  in case of audit --- this is an area of heightened attention by the IRS.

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