topic Home Office Indirect Appliance Expense in Deductions & credits

Home Office Indirect Appliance Expense

ricbertsch — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:10:53 GMT

I have a home office and was interested in knowing if we added new laundry appliances in another area outside the space designated for home office would that qualify as an indirect expense? And if so would it be a depreciable asset or just an indirect expense.? I am assuming no but you never know. Thanks,

Re: Home Office Indirect Appliance Expense

TomK2023 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:48:19 GMT

No. To claim a home office deduction, the space must only be used for business activities.

Re: Home Office Indirect Appliance Expense

Opus 17 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:20:46 GMT

If you replace the entire roof of the house, that could be allocated to the home office on a square foot percentage basis. If you only replace the roof over the master bedroom, that has zero allocation for the home office, but if you replace the roof over the home office only, that has a 100% allocation to the home office.

I can’t think of any way to legitimately allocate a percentage of a washer and dryer to a home office.