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posted Jun 3, 2019 1:10:57 PM

I have a freelance job, a business (LLC) with a K-1, and full-time job that all use the same home office. How do I enter these?

- The freelance job made about 2% of my total income.

- The LLC made about 1% of total income.

I use the same home office for my day job, as well as this LLC and freelance work, but obviously the LLC and freelance job are not significant part of income.

For the freelance work, it lets me enter home office expenses. I checked off that I share this office with other businesses. It seems like a lot for so little work, but I don't have any way to change it after entering the info.

For the LLC, it lets me enter the home office expenses in a single line. I copied the same amount from the the first home office expense, which again seems like a lot.

Finally, for the actual full-time day-job - the primary use of the home office - after I enter all of the info, it does not seem to have any effect at all.

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New Member
Jun 3, 2019 1:10:59 PM

Just found this:

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So you have more than 1 business, and you use your office not just for this business, but for at least one other business.

First of all, on the "Enter the Square Footage of Your Home and Home Office" screen you saw earlier, make sure you divided up the square footage correctly so that each business gets the correct amount of square footage for the year.

Now, for your expenses:

Enter the full amounts you paid during the time you used the space for either office. Do the same on the other office.

It might seem like you're entering everything twice, but since you divided up the square footage earlier based on how you use it, all of the expenses for the total square footage will be accounted for on your tax return.

We'll calculate the correct expense amounts for each office, and the total expense amount will then be correct on your tax return.
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