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Tax Tips

March 2010

If you use a portion of your home for business purposes you may be able to take a home office deduction.
Generally, in order to claim a business deduction for your home, you must use part of your home exclusively and regularly:

As your principal place of business, or
As a place to meet or deal with patients, clients or customers in the normal course of your business, or
In any connection with your trade or business where the business portion of your home is a separate structure not attached to your home.

For certain storage use, rental use, or daycare-facility use, you are required to use the property regularly but not exclusively.
Generally, the amount you can deduct depends on the percentage of your home used for business. Your deduction for certain expenses will be limited if your gross income from your business is less than your total business expenses.
There are special rules for qualified daycare providers and for persons storing business inventory or product samples.

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