How do I enter mortgage interest on a home office? I'm itemizing business deductions but I'm taking the standard deduction otherwise.

[TuckerdogAVL]

Just trying to wrap my head around "if you aren't itemizing then uncheck this box" on the Home Office step. I just want to make sure: I'm itemizing BUSINESS deductions and expenses, naturally, but this only refers to whether I'm going to take the standard deduction or itemized, in general, correct I take the standard in the end. So, uncheck this box correct?

[PatriciaV · Accepted solution]

Correct. If you don't have more itemized deductions than the standard deduction, you would uncheck the box in the Home Office section for mortgage interest. 

For more info, see: What's my standard deduction for 2023?