Home office deduction

[uhyesthatsme]

I cannot find anywhere to enter home office information. I followed their instructions on how to get to a place where you can enter it, but I am never prompted to answer questions like they said I would be. Very frustrated.

[AamilD]

Please follow the steps below to enter the home office information:

1. Click on Tax Home from Left Side Menu.
2. Click on Income & Expenses from Main Menu.
3. Scroll Down till you see the section titled "Self-Employment". Click Start Next to it.
4. You should see a page titled "Your 2021 Self-Employed Work Summary". On this page, you should see the Line of Work you have already entered. Click on Review.
5. Answer the questions accordingly and proceed ahead. You should see your Summary Info with all the information. Scroll down and click on Looks Good.
6. Then it will prompt you to enter all the income for business which you can enter or skip for now.
7. Then based on your information, it will show you the expense categories selected for you. If you don't see the Home office Option, then scroll down and there will be an option for Less Common. Expand that section. If you still don't see the Home Office Option, then scroll down and click on Show More. Then you should see an option for Home Office. Click on Add next to it and enter the information.

[uhyesthatsme]

Thank you for responding. So for me, nothing really lined up with your instructions. Next to my line of work it had the option for edit and trash. After pressing edit it took me to all of my expenses and income. At the bottom of that page there was no "looks good" button, just an "I'm done" button. After pressing "I'm Done" it just analyses my chances of being audited. 

[PattiF]

Here are instructions to enter the home office expense if filing a Schedule C for your business.

1. Open or continue your return.
2. Search for Schedule C and select the Jump to link in the search results.
3. Answer any questions about your business until you get to the Your self-employed work summary screen. Select Edit or Review next to your business.
   • You might want to enter your 1099-MISC, 1099-K, cash, and personal check income from your self-employment before you associate any expenses with your business, but this is not required.
4. You'll be asked What kind of expenses did you have for [type of work]? Select Home office. You can also select any other expense categories that apply to your business. Select Continue at the bottom of the screen when you're done.
5. On the Here's your [type of work] info screen, scroll down to the Expenses section, and select Start next to Home office.
6. Enter the info about your home office.

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