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Expenses for Business Use of Your Home. $9.99 per form, with instant download.

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Tax year

Proprietor and the home

Name(s) of proprietor(s)

Your Social Security number

NumberEnter all nine digits.

1 · Area used regularly and exclusively for business (sq. ft.)

2 · Total area of the home (sq. ft.)

4 · Daycare not used exclusively for business: hours used for daycare

5 · Total hours available (8,760 unless you started or stopped during the year)

Part II: Expenses

Direct expenses are only for the business part of the home; indirect expenses are for the whole home.

8 · Schedule C line 29 plus any gain from the business use of the home

9 · Casualty losses: direct

9 · Casualty losses: indirect

10 · Deductible mortgage interest: direct

10 · Deductible mortgage interest: indirect

11 · Real estate taxes: direct

11 · Real estate taxes: indirect

16 · Excess mortgage interest: direct

16 · Excess mortgage interest: indirect

17 · Excess real estate taxes: direct

17 · Excess real estate taxes: indirect

18 · Insurance: direct

18 · Insurance: indirect

19 · Rent: direct

19 · Rent: indirect

20 · Repairs and maintenance: direct

20 · Repairs and maintenance: indirect

21 · Utilities: direct

21 · Utilities: indirect

22 · Other expenses: direct

22 · Other expenses: indirect

25 · Carryover of prior-year operating expenses

29 · Excess casualty losses

31 · Carryover of prior-year excess casualty losses and depreciation

35 · Casualty loss portion of lines 14 and 33 (to Form 4684)

Calculated for you from your entries

12 · Lines 9 to 11, direct: –
12 · Lines 9 to 11, indirect: –
13 · Business share of line 12 indirect: –
14 · Line 12 direct plus line 13: –
15 · Line 8 minus line 14: –
23 · Lines 16 to 22, direct: –
23 · Lines 16 to 22, indirect: –
24 · Business share of line 23 indirect: –
26 · Line 23 direct, line 24 and line 25: –
27 · Allowable operating expenses: –
28 · Limit on excess casualty losses and depreciation: –
30 · Depreciation of your home (line 42): –
32 · Lines 29 to 31: –
33 · Allowable excess casualty losses and depreciation: –
34 · Lines 14, 27 and 33: –
36 · Allowable expenses for business use of your home (to Schedule C, line 30): –

Part III: Depreciation of your home

37 · Smaller of the home's adjusted basis or its fair market value

38 · Value of land included on line 37

41 · Depreciation percentage (optional)2.564% for a full year of 39-year property placed in service before 2025; see the instructions.

Calculated for you from your entries

39 · Basis of building: –
40 · Business basis of building: –
42 · Depreciation allowable: –
43 · Operating expenses carried to 2026: –
44 · Excess casualty losses and depreciation carried to 2026: –

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You'll get the official Form 8829, filled in and ready to sign, as a PDF.

Attach it to your Form 1040 and enter line 36 on Schedule C, line 30. Use a separate Form 8829 for each home used for business.

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