topic Can the first day of home office use be before my business start date if i used the office space to startup the business? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-the-first-day-of-home-office-use-be-before-my-business-start-date-if-i-used-the-office-space-to/01/214432#M27889 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:20:23 GMT shellyshomo 2019-06-01T18:20:23Z Can the first day of home office use be before my business start date if i used the office space to startup the business? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-the-first-day-of-home-office-use-be-before-my-business-start-date-if-i-used-the-office-space-to/01/214432#M27889 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:20:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-the-first-day-of-home-office-use-be-before-my-business-start-date-if-i-used-the-office-space-to/01/214432#M27889 shellyshomo 2019-06-01T18:20:23Z No, the date has to be on or after the business start dat... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-the-date-has-to-be-on-or-after-the-business-start-dat/01/214439#M27891 <P>No, the date has to be on or after the business start date. Home office expenses cannot be part of your startup costs.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:20:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-the-date-has-to-be-on-or-after-the-business-start-dat/01/214439#M27891 Cindy0H 2019-06-01T18:20:25Z