Can I take 2 home office deductions if I have 2 Schedule C's?

[cmorristax]

I have two Schedule C's because I do two jobs. I have the home office deduction on one of them but not on the other. Can I take the home office deduction twice? I only use one office. 

[Bsch4477]

Prorate the time spent for each business. 

[Mike9241 · Accepted solution]

NO. you need to use a method to split the expenses.  so say the square footage of HO is 300 and you spend 20% of time in one HO and 80% in the other. i would use 60sg ft for the one and 240 sg ft for the other. this is just a suggestion. the important thing is you don't deduct the same expenses twice because you have two businesses.