topic How do I deduct home office (real estate, not equipment) as an unreimbursed business expense for K-1 income? TurboTax does not have this as a K-1 option? in Deductions & credits

How do I deduct home office (real estate, not equipment) as an unreimbursed business expense for K-1 income? TurboTax does not have this as a K-1 option?

bappleby — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:42:35 GMT

Re: How do I deduct home office (real estate, not equipment) as an unreimbursed business expense ...

MinhT1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:17:25 GMT

TurboTax does provide a screen in the K-1 interview where you can enter you unreimbursement business expenses.

In the screen "Describe this Partnership", there is an option which you should check whic says: I am required to pay supplemental business expenses on behalf of this partnership/LLC for which I am not reimbursed.

When you check this option, there will be a screen where you can enter your unreimbursed business expenses.

Please also read this Community answer which provides useful information.

Re: How do I deduct home office (real estate, not equipment) as an unreimbursed business expense ...

bappleby — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:30:48 GMT

Thank you. When the options come up for those unreimbursed expenses, home office (real estate) is not one of the options. Just vehicle expenses, computer equipment, etc. I wanted to put in my square footage and other information, but there is no place to do that in TurboTax for K-1 unreimbursed expenses that I can see.

Re: How do I deduct home office (real estate, not equipment) as an unreimbursed business expense ...

MinhT1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:44:53 GMT

Please read this Journal of Accountancy article especially the section on PARTNER'S HOME OFFICE DEDUCTION.

The easiest to implement this solution is to create a Schedule K-1 with Name of Partnership UPE as the issuer and include your home office deduction as a negative number in box 1. Form 8829 can be used to determine the appropriate deduction, but the form itself does not need to be filed.