Standard deduction with home office

[LafayetteGirl]

I meet all the criteria listed for a Home Office Deduction, but I'm being told I don't qualify. Why?

[LudwigVan_fan]

You don't specify whether the home office is in regards to being an employee, or your own business filing say a Sch C or Sch F.

For most people, the home office deduction was a miscellaneous itemized deduction subject to 2% of AGI.  For 2018, those deductions went away.  See the following link for instructions for Sch A.

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If this is in regards to a business home office, such as a Sch C; here is a link to business deductions

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-schedule-c-form-1040

[LafayetteGirl]

At least 75% of my basement is used as a studio/office where I manufacture a product that I sell online. Lost as to why that doesn't qualify.

[HollyP · Accepted solution]

@LafayetteGirl are you self-employed in this manufacturing business, or are you a W-2 employee? 

If you are an employee, then the new tax reform laws suspended most of the deductions for unreimbursed employee expenses, includi...

If you are self-employed, does the gross income from the business use of your home equal or exceed your total business expense...