IRS scrutinizing home-office deductionSandra Block
home office costs are not deductible on taxes. As the IRSexplains, “employees who receive a paycheck or a W-2 exclusively from an employer are not eligible for the deduction, even if they are currently working from home.”
You could have intentionally underreported your income, or it could have been an unintentional math error. The same is true with deductions. And you could have made up a false deduction, or you could have thought you qualified for a deduction without verifying it. ...
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The IRS narrowly defines the home office deduction as reserved for people who use part of their home “exclusively and regularly for your trade or business.” That means a home office can qualify if you use it for work and work only. Occasionally answering emails on your laptop in front of...
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The audit rate for individual tax returns was 0.49% in 2022. The IRS has audited the returns of 8.5% of the people making $10 million or more between 2012 and 2020.15Individuals may be randomly selected and others triggered by departures from the norm, such as a charitable deduction that ex...