On Schedule C, I moved so I'm trying to put in 2 different home offices, but it's flagging my acquired date for the second home office as after the start of the business.

[katejulianne]

 I purchased a home in August but started the business in January. I used the apartment I was living in from Jan-Aug as home office and put that in the details and clicked on two home offices and entered all the details about the apartment. Then from sept-dec purchased a home and put all the details of that home office in. I'm not sure if I should change the acquired date or leave as is since I didn't purchase the home until August 30

[MichaelMc]

I was unable to replicate the error you are encountering, but I would offer some suggestions:

• Be certain that you have checked the box indicating that you have two or more home offices for this business.
• Verify that your answers to the question about how many months you worked at least 15 day in this home office do not total more than 12 months.
• If you are taking depreciation on the business-use portion of your house, be certain that the disposition date for the depreciable asset(s) is no later that the occupancy date for the new office.
  

[katejulianne]

Ok, Thank you. It will only let me change the acquired date, it will not let me change the date placed in service. I entered information about both residences and stated that the house was placed in service on 9/1 and acquired on 8/30 and the apartment was placed in service on 1/1 and the usage was not more than 100% for both and not more than 12 months. I'm not sure if I should just change the acquired date, because on the form 8829, it's only showing me information for the house, not the apartment and only the one date is editable.

[MichaelMc]

Check through all forms. There should be 2 Forms 8829, one for each home office.