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Deduction of a home office requires strict requirements outlined here.
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/how-small-business-owners-can-deduct-their-home-office-from-their-taxes
Costs of a computer and internet are deductible as a percentage of business usage.
Since you were self-employed there are a lot of deductions you could claim as an expense. One of them is the use of your home, expenses like mortgage interest, rent, utilities, repairs, and depreciation for the portion of your home or rental that you use to run your business are allowable. To claim them your home must be used regularly and exclusively for your business, and must be your principal place of business.
In addition to your home expenses, as Bsch4477 mentioned, you could also claim your computer, and internet use based on a percentage of how much they were used for business. Other common expenses are the use of your phone, office supplies, licenses, and memberships, among others. See the below TurboTax help articles for more information, as well as the steps on how to enter your home office expenses in the program:
To enter your home office expenses:
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