Question about Form 2106 - Line 11

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February 22, 2021
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Hello!
I'm filing using Turbotax Home & Business and got the following alert:

"Form 2106 Adjustments Wks - Employee Home Office Wks: Line 11 must be entered."

They're asking for Line 11. I’m filing Form 2106 because I'm a qualified performing artist.

My question is: which info do I enter Line 11:

The amount of my NET self-employed income conducted at home office (after deductions), or,

the GROSS of all my self-employed income conducted at home office?

Thanks for any insight on this!

JeffreyR77

Level 10

This amount is the gross self-employed income you generate from this activity.

jwi4o2dAuthor

Level 2

Thanks!

Re: Line 12 "percent of wages from the business use of this home":

If, for example, 30% of my home space is used as my home office, do I write 30% on Line 12?

Or do I enter 100% on Line 12 because I indicated elsewhere on my taxes what percentage of my home is used for business, and so I use 100% of that space?

DawnC

Level 15

I should have made this clear when I posed the question earlier. The LINE 11 and LINE 12 I'm referring to is on the EMPLOYEE HOME OFFICE WORKSHEET that Turbotax is making me fill out. It's under "PART III: FIGURE YOUR ALLOWABLE DEDUCTION"

This is what I'm seeing on the worksheet (the "lines" I was referring to in my posts above):

11. Total wages from this business

12. Percent of wages from the business use of this home

13. Wages from the business use of home. Multiply line 11 by line 12.

14. Gain from business use of home shown on Schedule D or Form 4797.

This is all under the Form 2106 Adjustment Worksheet tab.

Anyone have any advice? Thanks!

Yes, use 100% as the percentage of wages. Form 2106 is the correct form to use if you are a qualified performing artist who reports W-2 wages. But if you use Schedule C to report your self-employment income, you would skip Form 2106 and enter all of your expenses on the same Schedule C. There is a separate form for Home Office deductions for Schedule C. But if you are receiving wages on a W-2, use Form 2106.

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